CTA bus driver kidnapped at knifepoint on NW Side, escaped on Near North Side: CPD

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A CTA bus driver was kidnapped at knifepoint early Wednesday morning on Chicago's Northwest Side, police said.

A male suspect was on a CTA bus just before 2:40 a.m. in the 2400-block of North Pulaski Road in Belmont Gardens when he pulled out a knife and demanded the bus not stop, Chicago police said.

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The bus driver, a 57-year-old woman, continued driving to the 900-block of North Clark Street on the Near North Side, where she escaped out a window, police said.

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The suspect got off the bus and was taken into custody in the 100-block of East Chestnut Street in the Gold Coast just before 3:20 a.m.

Charges are pending; no injuries were reported, police said.

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