Passenger injures King County Metro bus driver

KING COUNTY, Wash. — A King County Metro bus driver was injured Christmas Eve, a deputy said.

Deputies were called just after 5 p.m. to the Burien Transit Center for a report of a driver who suffered a minor facial injury.

According to deputies, a passenger used his elbow to punch the Plexiglass divider, which hit the driver in the nose and face.

The driver went the hospital to be evaluated.

No one has been taken into custody.

Deputies are investigating.