NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized after a violent beating while heading home after school on a city bus in Staten Island.
The victim suffered a fractured nose and eye socket after being pounded in the face.
"She has a hemorrhage in her eye," said Christina Arias, the teen's mom. "She can't physically see out of one eye right now. It is swollen shut."The teen boarded the S59 bus at the intersection of Genesee Avenue and Richmond Avenue in Eltingville on Monday at around 3 p.m. after class at the Nicotra Charter School, located just a few steps from the bus stop, the child's godfather said.A group of teens from another school between the age of 14 and 15 were already on the bus harassing passengers when the victims boarded according to reports.
"She went to the back of the bus for her regular ride, and she says that while she was on the bus they were throwing food and stuff at older people that were in the back of the bus, elderly people, other adults that were there, other kids," he said.He added that the teen wasn't the original target but that one of them threw a pop tart and Rice Crispies at her."She was telling them to stop, so they kind of realized that she was getting irritated," he said. "When she was getting ready to get off the bus they popped a rubber band and hit her in the eye, so she told them to stop."Her mom was parked waiting to pick her up to go home at Victory Boulevard and Richmond Avenue where the girl got off , according to the godfather."When the bus stopped for her to get off, she [got] ready to get off, they punched her in the face, she got off, they held the doors open and said 'what are you gonna do about it?'" the man said."Another person ran off the bus, punched her in the face, ran back onto the bus and a bunch of them came off, kicked her, punched her, kicked her in the face," he said. "A couple of kids got back onto the bus and then the bus driver closed the doors and left and then the rest of the kids ended up running off."The girl was taken to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.A 14-year-old was taken into custody for assault an NYPD spokesman said.There has been a petition to raise attention about the incident which has been posted online and has already gotten over 600 signatures.The teen has been released from the hospital, but has yet to return to school."She doesn't want to leave the house," Aries said. "She is petrified."
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