Halifax Transit driver assaulted

By Meghan Groff

Posted Nov 2, 2021 01:52:12 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A suspect has been arrested after a Halifax Transit driver was assaulted Monday night.

Halifax Regional Police were called to the Barrington Street Terminal at around 9:45 p.m.

Officers were told a passenger had assaulted the driver before walking away.

The driver wasn't hurt.

Police say a transit supervisor spotted the suspect and he was soon arrested.

A 51-year-old man will face an assault charge when he appears in Halifax Provincial Court at a later date.

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