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Winnipeg Transit driver pepper sprayed while breaking up fight on bus

A Winnipeg Transit driver was pepper sprayed when he tried to break up a fight on his bus Monday evening, police say. Chris Stanton / Global News

WINNIPEG – A bus driver who tried to break up a fight on his bus ended up getting the worst of it, police say.

Passengers got in a fight on the bus near Selkirk Avenue and Battery Street at about 9 p.m. Monday, Winnipeg police said.

When the bus driver stepped in, a man pepper sprayed him before taking off.

Police and paramedics were called to the North End scene shortly after 9 p.m.

The bus driver was treated by paramedics at the scene.

No arrests have been made.

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