{"id":792661,"date":"2026-07-10T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792661\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T11:24:10","slug":"toronto-bus-driver-hurt-in-violent-assault-suspect-arrested-on-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/792661\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto bus driver hurt in &#8216;violent assault&#8217;, suspect arrested on the scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 (Graeme Roy\/The Canadian Press).<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Toronto police say a suspect has been charged with assault with a weapon after a city bus driver was attacked.<\/p>\n<p>Police say they were called to Wilson Station Wednesday evening for a report that a driver was being assaulted.<\/p>\n<p>The bus driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Transit Commission CEO Mandeep Lali says the driver is now recovering at home after a \u201cviolent assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lali says the TTC will continue to work with police during the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO offered his support to the driver in a social media post, adding that violence against TTC employees is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/chch-news\/ontario-man-sentenced-to-20-years-in-u-s-for-leading-cross-border-drug-ring\/\" class=\"nav-item-prev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/c140738ad5c617ecaaaf3a573ae56d369d86b18e44136a2e5cb6024243b55b9f.jpg-e1783678032758-1024x585.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"   itemprop=\"image\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\/1;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious CHCH News\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOntario man sentenced to 20 years in U.S. for leading cross-border drug ring\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 (Graeme&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":792662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-792661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}