A crazed Oklahoma City man punched and knocked down a city bus driver Saturday afternoon, causing the bus to crash into a brick building.
Police arrested the 23-year-old suspect, Tihron Harrison, and charged him with assault and battery, according to local affiliate FOX 25.
Police said Harrison became enraged when the bus driver did not stop the bus at an earlier stop.
‘The suspect asked to be let out at the intersection of Britton and Western. The bus driver told him he couldn’t do that,” said Lt. Jeff Cooper of the Oklahoma City Police Department.
Video of the incident that followed shows the suspect punching holes in the plexiglass covering surrounding the driver before attempting to remove him. Finally, the attacker managed to rip the driver out of his seat and knock him down into the aisle.
The suspect (pictured right) is about to begin the confrontation.
He walks behind the transparent barrier to reach the bus driver.
The moment when you first try to get the driver away from the wheel.
Another passenger approaches the front of the bus, trying to break up the fight.
Bus driver pushed into aisle by suspect
Bus driver can’t get back behind the wheel before crashing into building
A passenger wearing a red cap attempted to intervene and pull the suspect off the driver, allowing him to free himself for a brief moment before the bus suffered a head-on collision with the Britton Lumber building.
When police arrived at the scene, Harrison was still there but resisted arrest, according to a police report obtained by FOX 25. Harrison then ran and attempted to scale a fence.
His escape attempt was unsuccessful and police took him back to St. Anthony’s Hospital.
The bus driver was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.