By Bay City News
San Mateo County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 44-year-old Moss Beach woman for assaulting another person with a caustic chemical after a minor traffic accident Friday morning.
The incident occurred at 11:16 a.m. in the 100 block of San Mateo Road in Half Moon Bay. Officers said a bystander attempted to intervene after the traffic incident when, without provocation, Nyssa Brennan, one of the motorists involved in the accident, allegedly sprayed the bystander in the face with bear spray and then fled the scene.
Officers located Brennan in a nearby parking lot where the victim and witnesses identified her. She was arrested without incident and transported to the San Mateo County Jail.
The person attacked was treated by paramedics at the scene and released.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office Anonymous Tip Line at 1 (800) 547-2700.
