THUNDER BAY — Police took a man into custody after a violent incident on a Thunder Bay Transit bus on the weekend.
Thunder Bay Police said it happened late Saturday afternoon after Superior North EMS paramedics were called to the Churchill Drive and Edward Street area where a transit passenger was described as being unconscious.
Paramedics were allegedly attacked by the individual who became aggressive after they attempted to wake him.
An off-duty police officer who happened to be in the vicinity stopped to assist the paramedics and was also assaulted.
A 55-year-old man from Neskantaga First Nation was arrested on charges of assault and assaulting an officer.
He appeared in bail court Sunday and was remanded into custody.
