Police are investigating after two off-duty Winnipeg Transit operators were assaulted near a transit facility in South Osborne early Saturday.
The two men, ages 54 and 57, were in uniform and off-duty at the time of the incident, which happened around 5 a.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Brandon Avenue, the Sheriff’s Office said Sunday. Winnipeg.
The location identified by police is in the vicinity of the Winnipeg Transit garages in Fort Rouge, off Osborne Street.
Police spokesman Const. Claude Chancy said the 54-year-old man was parked in his personal vehicle when a suspect smashed the driver’s side window “unprovoked.”
The man called for help from a passing Transit bus, and the 57-year-old man, who is a Transit employee but was a passenger on the bus, got off to help him, Chancy said.
According to police, the two men were assaulted by the suspect before fleeing.
The 54-year-old man was not injured. The 57-year-old man suffered minor injuries but did not require medical attention, police said.
The suspect remains at large. A police press release did not include identifying information about the suspect.
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