A New Jersey Transit bus driver was hospitalized Wednesday after he was beaten by seven juveniles at a terminal in Paterson, authorities said. The attack occurred at 4:34 p.m. at the Broadway Bus Terminal. The driver operates the 171 line at the terminal, an NJ Transit spokesman said Thursday.

A former school bus driver recently pleaded guilty to a charge of assault and battery, concluding a case involving a then-10-year-old boy who had allegedly been acting out.

New Jersey Transit Police are investigating after a bus operator was assaulted Wednesday afternoon at Paterson’s Broadway Bus Terminal. According to NJ Transit, seven juveniles assaulted the operator on the 171 line.