An MTA bus driver was taken to the hospital after a passenger smacked him on the head with a bottle, police said.

The driver, 39, was on Amsterdam Avenue at West 130 Street in Manhattan on Saturday afternoon when a rider hit him on the head with the plastic bottle, then ran, authorities said.

The driver was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital with minor injuries. 

The incident happened on Amsterdam Avenue near West 130th Street, police said.{ai:summary}<p>An MTA bus driver hit on head with bottle.
Rider fled, driver sent to hospital.
No arrests yet; assailant's still throttled.</p>

NYC passenger smacks MTA bus driver on the head with bottle: police

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