Woman Pepper-Sprays, Pummels Back-To-Back Queens Bus Drivers: NYPD

QUEENS, NY — An as-yet-unidentified woman proved to be two Queens bus drivers' worst nightmare, authorities said.

The woman pepper-sprayed and pummeled MTA drivers in back-to-back attacks Oct. 14 not even two hours apart, police said.

The first assault unfolded 6 a.m. on a 53-year-old man driving a Q25 bus, NYPD officials said.

As the driver pulled up to 127th Street and 20th Avenue in College Point, the woman pepper-sprayed him in the face and ran off, police said. He suffered minor injuries and medics took him to Booth Memorial Medical Center.

Another attack followed about 7:40 a.m., when the woman struck a 50-year-old man driving a Q65 bus in the face with a cellphone, authorities said.

She ran off the bus near 110th Street and 14th Avenue, officials said.

Police released photographs of the woman late Wednesday.

People with information are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA(74782). They can also submit tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.