Bus driver uses fire extinguisher to break up assault that left man with serious injuries
A quick-thinking bus driver has used an unorthodox method to break up an assault that has left a man with serious injuries.
A bus driver has used a fire extinguisher to break up an assault that left a man seriously injured outside a shopping centre.
Police say a 19-year-old man was sitting at a Melbourne bus stop outside a shopping centre in Rowville when he was approached by two people about 9.30pm on Thursday.
The pair were believed to be armed with a baton and a knife.
Police say they then assaulted the 19-year-old, with a bus driver who was stopped nearby using a fire extinguisher to intervene.
The driver reportedly held the extinguisher towards the offenders who then fled the scene.
The 19-year-old was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
He was not co-operative with police.
The offenders were driving a silver BMW, with an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident under way.
Police have urged anyone with information to come forward.
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