 Story highlights A passenger attacked a driver on moving bus on an Arizona interstate 
 
 24 people were injured as the bus bounced on the median, police say 
 
 Passengers helped subdue attacker and narrowly avoided a collision with other vehicles 
 
 The alleged attacker fled but later returned and was arrested 
 
 A Greyhound passenger attacked the driver on a moving bus early Thursday in Arizona, police said, sending the vehicle on a jostling ride that injured 24 people. The assailant approached the driver, hit him and tried to take control of the wheel as the bus headed east on Interstate 10 around 1:45 a.m. roughly 50 miles west of Phoenix, police said. The bus crossed the highway median but came to a stop before entering westbound traffic when other passengers restrained the 25-year-old California man, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. The driver "did a good job of maintaining control" before the bus came to a stop in the median, where there were numerous rocks and bushes, Caudle told the station. The Department of Public Safety identified the attacker as Maquel Donyel Morris, of Los Angeles 
 
 Susana Ordinola, 48, of San Bernardino, Calif., said she heard other passengers complain to the driver about Morris during a stop in Blythe, Calif. She then saw the driver talk to him. Ordinola said Morris and his girlfriend were sitting a few rows behind her and had done something to catch the attention of the driver as the bus neared the Arizona-California border. A male passenger tried to stop Morris, but because the bus was swerving, he fell back, Ordinola said. The man was taken to a hospital for a drug-induced condition, Graves said. The passengers' injuries included a broken sternum suffered by one person who helped restrain the attacker, said Officer Carrick Cook, another DPS spokesman. They returned to the scene about 30 minutes later and Morris was taken into custody, Cook said. When Morris and his girlfriend returned to the scene, passengers began screaming and throwing rocks at them until paramedics arrived. One of the passengers who helped subdue Morris was flown to a hospital with undisclosed injuries. Investigators were able to provide few additional details about Morris, but court records from Mississippi indicate he was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault, along with his brother, for their roles in a 2010 home invasion that left a 91-year-old woman severely beaten. A relief bus was sent to the accident scene to take the nearly 20 uninjured passengers to Phoenix so they could continue to their final destinations, she said. I saw people flying.” 
 
 Ordinola said she suffered minor injuries on her knees and ribs.
– A bizarre incident on a Greyhound bus in Arizona resulted in injuries to more than 20 people, but police say quick-thinking passengers prevented it from being much, much worse. A 25-year-old man on the bus is accused of attacking the driver just before 2am as they traveled on I-10 near Phoenix, reports CNN. As the two men struggled for control of the wheel, the bus began swerving across the median toward oncoming traffic, say police. At that point, other passengers jumped in and subdued the attacker, reports the Arizona Republic. "This thing traveled about 300 feet in the median, bouncing up and down, and that's where the injuries occurred," says a state safety official. "I think the officer (at the scene) said it was about 6 feet from going into oncoming traffic." Maquel Donyel Morris faces charges of endangerment, assault, and aggravated assault, reports AP. He fled into the desert when the bus stopped but returned about 30 minutes later and was arrested. Passengers say he seemed to be hallucinating on the bus and at one point screamed, "Everybody's going to die!" None of the passenger injuries are life-threatening.