Man with 12-inch knife hijacked CTA bus until driver bailed out downtown: prosecutors

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Original Load Date May 15, 2026, 9 p.m.
Last Updated May 15, 2026, 9 p.m.
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![][1] _Lavell Fields (Chicago Police Department, CTA)_ A CTA bus driver with only six months on the job was hijacked by a passenger wielding a 12-inch knife who forced her to drive across the city until she seized an opportunity to bail out of her driver’s window on the Near North Side early Wedne...