Arizona man held in attack on school bus driver

An angry father stormed his daughter's school bus Tuesday and pummeled its driver in northwest Arizona, authorities said.

The 73-year-old driver was repeatedly punched in the head and suffered blurred and double vision after the
7:30 a.m. assault in Fort Mohave, according to the Mohave County sheriff's office. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Spokeswoman Trish Carter said 42-year-old Randolph Evans was upset that his 11-year-old daughter had been disciplined on the bus the previous day. She said Evans cursed the driver as his daughter boarded at the school bus stop Tuesday.

Carter said the operator tried to drive off to protect the children, but Evans trotted along and forced his way through the accordion-style doors. She said that the driver was able to bring the bus to a stop during the assault and that Evans admitted striking the driver when deputies arrived.

The violence occurred in front of the suspect's daughter and 13 other schoolchildren, none of whom was harmed, she said.

Evans was booked into jail on a count of aggravated assault upon a school employee and 14 counts of endangerment.