SAN LEANDRO, CA — BART police are investigating an unprovoked attack that sent the victim to the hospital with injuries. It happened Thursday aboard a train stopped at the Bay Fair Station in San Leandro.

Police say a man was sitting inside a train car at 7:31 p.m. when another man hit him in the head with an unknown metal object. The suspect also punched and kicked the victim before fleeing the train and running out of the station.

Both the victim and witnesses told police the attack was unprovoked.