Passenger attacks bus driver

mbl.is/Hjörtur

A passenger on a Reykjavik bus this morning attacked the driver when he had told him to leave the vehicle. 

The passenger had paid for a ride from Reykjavik to Borgarnes and was asleep upon arrival at his destination. When the driver tried to wake him up the man attacked him. The driver had to be taken to hospital for injuries to his arm. 

The passenger is now in a prison cell in Borgarnes where he is sobering up, according to West Iceland police. 

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