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Passenger assaults Halifax bus driver after refusing to pay fare

Halifax Regional Police are investigating after a passenger assaulted a Halifax Transit bus driver on August 14th, 2018. Alexander Quon/Global News

Halifax Regional Police are investigating the assault of a Halifax Transit driver Tuesday night.

Police say the bus driver asked a man to leave the bus after the man did not pay his fare. Police say the man assaulted the driver before leaving the scene.

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The incident happened in 5700 block of South Street.

The driver was treated by EHS at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries.

The suspect is described as a white man in his twenties; 5’5″, 170 lbs, with a slim build, long dirty blond hair and a goatee.

Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact police at 902-490-5020.

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