A fight between two Manhattan tour-bus drivers ended in bloodshed Sunday when one of them stabbed the other for refusing to b𝓡ack up so he could make a turn, police and sourc🐽es said.
The violence ✃occurred near the intersection of Pearl and State streets near Battery Park about 3 p.m., authorities said.
One of the drivers, described as in his 40s, had been attempting to make a turn in his black double-decker vehicle but was blocked by a parked “Big Bus New York,” police sources said.
The parked driver allegedly refuse𓃲d to move his red double-decker from his designated parking spot to allow the other bus operator to navigate the corner.
The driver of the black bus then hopped out of his vehicle, ran over to the parked driver, who was now out of his bꦐus, and stabbed him in the arm, sources said✱.
The attacker then drove off east on State Street, accordi𒐪ng to cops.
The stabbed driver was taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatenin🙈g injuries, officials said.
“He has a series injury but not life-threatening. He’ll be going into surgery tonight,” said Charles Nolan, general manager of “Big Bus New York,” tol The Post.
Nolan declined to name the injur🤡ed staffer but said his team thinks it knows the identity of his assailant and has provided cops with a name.
He added there were no tourists aboard eit🍬her double-decker at the time of the fight.
The incident rﷺemains⛦ under investigation by the NYPD.