MOUNT VERNON, Westchester County (WABC) — Officials are investigating after a Department of Public Works sanitation employee was stabbed on the job Tuesday morning.
It happened around 8:20 a.m. near Lincoln and North 7th avenues.
Authorities say the worker was on his route collecting trash when a confrontation broke out.
Video showed a person holding a knife and confronting two sanitation workers as they attempted to collect trash. The individual was heard screaming and saying something about being woken up.
A person on the block called 911, and police responded while the altercation was still underway. Officers initially believed they were responding to a fight before realizing one of the sanitation workers had been stabbed.
Officials say the victim was stabbed on the arm and in the abdomen.
He’s currently at Jacobi Hospital receiving treatment, where he’s in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery..
Authorities took one person into custody at the scene. Police described the individual as a resident of the block where the stabbing occurred.
The suspect was taken to Mount Vernon Police Headquarters and was expected to be charged with second-degree assault.
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