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MILLCREEK — A Utah Transit Authority bus driver was hospitalized after being assaulted while taking a break at Millcreek Station on Tuesday.
UTA spokesman Carl Arky said the driver was taking a break at the station around 11 p.m. when an "unprovoked" attacker assaulted him. The driver, age 25, suffered "very significant injuries," but was later released from the hospital, Arky said.
South Salt Lake Police later apprehended the suspect, who Arky identified as Cameron Ward. Ward, 25, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday for investigation of disarming a police officer, assault on a peace officer in uniform, and interfering with an officer — stemming from what seemed to be an unrelated incident earlier that day.
Arky said the man may have been involved in an earlier altercation with police officers, but details on what happened were not immediately available.
UTA has not identified the bus driver, and more information was not provided.
