Overview
- Yonkers Police on Wednesday arrested 29-year-old Thywill Anasu, charged him with second-degree assault, and a judge set bail at $5,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
- The clash followed a minor crash Saturday around 8:30 p.m. at Riverdale and Ellsworth avenues on the Bronx–Yonkers border, a turnaround point for city and county buses.
- Investigators say the motorist attacked driver Johnny Rodriguez and threw him to the ground before fleeing.
- Rodriguez, a 13-year MTA veteran, remains hospitalized with serious injuries that the union says include two brain bleeds and a concussion.
- Transit and union leaders condemned the attack and called for the harshest penalties allowed by law.