On October 21, 2025, a 70-year-old woman was assaulted on a Broward County Transit bus in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. The incident happened in the ADA section of the bus after a verbal dispute between the victim and another female passenger. The conflict started when the standing passenger bumped into the seated woman several times as the bus moved. When the victim asked for more space, the situation escalated. The other passenger pushed against her and hit her in the face with a grocery bag.
The older woman tried to defend herself with her cane. The attacker then punched her several times in the head. Several bystanders stepped in to separate them. The bus driver stopped at the 4100 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard. The attacker and another woman left the scene…