Police seek driver who assaulted traffic control worker in Halifax

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who assaulted a traffic control worker in Halifax early Monday morning.

Halifax Regional Police say the assault happened at around 1:30 a.m. near the intersection of St. Andrews and Chisholm avenues in the city’s west end.

Police say a traffic control person approached a motorist to make him aware that he could not make the turn he was attempting due to construction in the area.

“After a short verbal altercation, the driver exited the vehicle and cut the traffic control person in the arm with a knife,” police said in a news release Monday, adding that the driver then fled the area in his vehicle.

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The traffic control person attended the hospital for treatment.

Police are now looking for a 5’9” man in his mid-20s, a very thin build with short crewcut black hair and a clean shaven face.

The vehicle the man drove away in is described as an older model grey Honda Civic with rust on the rear wheel wells.

There was also a male passenger in the vehicle at the time, according to police.

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Anyone with information on the suspect or who has video from the area is asked to contact Halifax Regional Police or Crime Stoppers.