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DDOT bus crashes after woman grabs wheel

Posted at 5:35 PM, Jan 08, 2016
and last updated 2016-01-10 09:27:50-05

A passenger is in custody after getting into a fight with the driver of a DDOT bus.

She reportedly grabbed the wheel and steered the bus into a pole and took out a phone booth.

The incident happened at Gratiot and Glenfield, near Conner, on the city's east side.

A witness tells 7 Action News that after the crash, several passengers held the woman down on the bus until police arrived.

Two people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.