KENNESAW, Ga. ( AP) — Georgia authorities say a commuter bus driver is recovering after being stabbed repeatedly with a pen when he tried to break up a fight between passengers that involved a dispute over a cellphone.
Police say the melee on the Cobb County Transit bus occurred Monday afternoon in Kennesaw, about 25 miles northwest of Atlanta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the driver went to the back of the bus to keep the quarrel from escalating, and a woman pulled a knife.
Authorities say other passengers were able to get the knife away from the woman, but police say she grabbed a pen from the bus driver’s pocket and stabbed him several times.
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