MOUNT VERNON, Westchester County (WABC) — Officials are investigating after a Department of Public Works sanitation employee was stabbed on the job Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
It happened around 8:20 a.m. near Lincoln and North 7th avenues.<\/p>\n
Authorities say the worker was on his route collecting trash when a confrontation broke out.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Officials say the victim was stabbed on the arm and in the abdomen.<\/p>\n
He’s currently at Jacobi Hospital receiving treatment, where he’s in stable condition and expected to make a full recovery..<\/p>\n
Authorities took one person into custody at the scene. Police described the individual as a resident of the block where the stabbing occurred.<\/p>\n
The suspect was taken to Mount Vernon Police Headquarters and was expected to be charged with second-degree assault.<\/p>\n
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