City workers attacked downtown by man with skateboard

Two City of Saskatoon employees were taken to hospital Wednesday after they were assaulted by a man with a skateboard.

It happened just before 8:30 a.m., downtown at the intersection of 20th Street East and First Avenue South near Midtown.

According to Goran Saric, the city’s director of roadways, fleet and support, three workers were fixing potholes when someone attacked them using a shovel and a skateboard. The man then took off.

Two of the workers were taken to hospital to be treated for minor head injuries. They were both treated and released.

Saskatoon police described the suspect as being in his late 20s wearing blue jeans and a black bunnyhug with a red hat and black medical mask.

Anyone with information about the assault is asked to call Saskatoon police at 306-975-8300 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.