By Jeff Goldman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com




A New Jersey Transit passenger suffered a leg injury when she inadvertently sat in sulfuric acid after boarding a bus in Lodi on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The 69-year-old New York woman got on the No. 164 bus around 2:20 p.m. at the intersection of Essex Street and Maywood Avenue, sat down and immediately felt a burning sensation on her leg, Lodi police said.

Police and the Bergen County Hazmat team responded, clearing the passengers off the bus. The woman was treated and released from an area hospital.

Another bus was dispatched to pick up the passengers, who then continued on their trip.

No one else was hurt.

NJ Transit described the substance as a liquid.

Authorities are investigating to determine exactly what the woman sat on and how it got there.

The No. 164 bus travels between Midland Park and the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.