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.
![Wild moment: Passenger attacks driver of moving bus, sending him flying into side of building in Oklahoma 7 He walks behind the transparent barrier to reach the bus driver.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/04/1714120954_921_Wild-moment-Passenger-attacks-driver-of-moving-bus-sending-him.jpg.webp)
He walks behind the transparent barrier to reach the bus driver.
![Wild moment: Passenger attacks driver of moving bus, sending him flying into side of building in Oklahoma 9 The moment when you first try to get the driver away from the wheel.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/04/1714120955_331_Wild-moment-Passenger-attacks-driver-of-moving-bus-sending-him.jpg.webp)
The moment when you first try to get the driver away from the wheel.
![Wild moment: Passenger attacks driver of moving bus, sending him flying into side of building in Oklahoma 11 Another passenger approaches the front of the bus, trying to break up the fight.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/04/1714120955_419_Wild-moment-Passenger-attacks-driver-of-moving-bus-sending-him.jpg.webp)
Another passenger approaches the front of the bus, trying to break up the fight.
![Wild moment: Passenger attacks driver of moving bus, sending him flying into side of building in Oklahoma 13 Bus driver pushed into aisle by suspect](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/04/1714120955_61_Wild-moment-Passenger-attacks-driver-of-moving-bus-sending-him.jpg.webp)
Bus driver pushed into aisle by suspect
![Wild moment: Passenger attacks driver of moving bus, sending him flying into side of building in Oklahoma 15 Bus driver can't get back behind the wheel before crashing into building](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/04/1714120955_101_Wild-moment-Passenger-attacks-driver-of-moving-bus-sending-him.jpg.webp)
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.