Originally published on January 24, 2014
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Dozens of people on board a Greyhound bus in Arizona were injured when a passenger attacked the driver on Thursday (January 23). According to police, the assailant was apparently high on drugs, and tried to roll the vehicle off the road.
More than 40 people were on board the bus at the time of the attack, which took place near Tonopah, about 50 miles west of Phoenix, Greyhound said. Twenty-six people were injured, with three people airlifted to a local hospital, said Bart Graves, a spokesman for Arizona's Department of Public Safety, the state police organization.
"We don't believe any of the injuries are life-threatening," Graves said.
Reuters reports, "a suspect identified as Maquel Donyel Morris of Los Angeles was taken into custody and faces multiple counts of aggravated assault and endangerment, he said.
"'He was high on a lot of drugs,' Graves said.
"Passengers said the suspect got out of his seat and started to attack the driver. Several passengers tried to restrain him, Graves said.
"The suspect told the driver that he was going to flip the bus, a passenger told local TV broadcaster KTVK.
"Greyhound released a statement several hours after the accident, saying it had dispatched two relief buses to pick up the uninjured passengers and take them to Phoenix."
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