An irate driver slugged and choked an elderly MTA bus driver in a road-rage attack in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, according to police and transit officials.
Shevaughn Legall, 25, lunged at the 68-year-old B26 driver on Halsey Street near Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant after the two vehicles collided in a fender bender around 9:20 a.m., authorities and sources said.
Legall started arguing with the bus driver then punched him and wrapped his hands around his neck – causing jaw and neck injuries, according to the NYPD and MTA.
Legall was arrested at the scene and charged with second-degree assault, strangulation and criminal obstruction of breathing, police said.
The NYPD could not confirm whether the attack happened on or off the bus, but NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement that the suspect jumped over a barrier.
“The lunatic who vaulted a barrier to viciously punch and strangle a bus operator just trying to move New Yorkers around Brooklyn displayed utter disregard for humanity, decency, and the safety of passengers on that bus,” Crichlow said. “Are you kidding with that absurd level of violent disrespect for a public servant?”
“We are grateful to the NYPD officers who rushed to the scene to arrest this guy and now it’s up to the justice system to make sure he spends Thanksgiving locked up.”
Legall has no prior arrests, cops said.
His arraignment was pending Wednesday afternoon.
