Angry Rider Hits MTA Bus Driver With Umbrella In Jamaica: Cops

JAMAICA, QUEENS — Police are looking for a man who hit an MTA bus driver with an umbrella earlier this week after demanding the driver move the bus.

The MTA employee was behind the wheel of a Q8 bus on 101st Avenue by the Van Wyck Expressway about noon on Oct. 9 when the man asked the driver to move the bus and the driver refused, according to police.

The man struck the driver with a folded umbrella, then ran off the bus, police said.

The driver, 56, went to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for a bruised rib cage and a head wound, according to police.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.