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#MTA bus driver punched in unprovoked NYC attack

“MTA bus driver punched in unprovoked NYC attack”

An MTA bus driver was punched in the face in an unprovoked Queens attack over the weekend, cops said. 

The 42-year-old driver was operating a Q18 bus at 27th Avenue and Fourth Street in Astoria around 5 p.m. Sunday when a passenger slugged him for no apparent reason, police said. 

The attacker ran off the bus after the incident, and police did not have a description of the menace Monday morning. 

No arrests have been made.

The driver was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the bus was taken out of service, according to cops and the MTA.

“It is unconscionable that anyone would attack a bus operator who is simply doing his or her job,” MTA rep Michael Cortez said in a statement. “The MTA is cooperating fully with this investigation to ensure the perpetrator can be brought to justice.”

A general view of 27th Avenue and 4th Street.
The driver was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after the unprovoked attack.
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The incident comes weeks after Jonathan Frias, 28, who is homeless, allegedly bashed a 46-year-old female city subway cleaner with a metal pipe at a Lower Manhattan station, cops said. 

Last month, a Harlem bus passenger also flipped out on a 52-year-old male driver — spitting on him, slashing him on the arm and threatening to “go get my gun,” cops said. 

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