100-year-old woman injured in taxi ride after claims of driver driving erratically A 100-YEAR-OLD woman received head and leg injuries after being driven home erratically by a taxi driver after a shopping trip to Tesco, it has been claimed.
Police are now investigating the allegations which have emerged after publicity surrounding another taxi incident at the same Swansea store, in which a pensioner was injured.
The daughter of the centenarian said her mother had shopped at the Oystermouth Road store every Saturday for five years and got a taxi home to Eastside. She had not seen the driver in question before the journey along Oystermouth Road dual carriageway.
"He was driving fast, and kept changing lanes," said the daughter. "He was chopping and changing lanes and came to a sudden halt because there was a car in front of him.
"She was sitting behind the driver and catapulted forward and hit her head on the top of the seat. His seat moved backwards and she screamed. She injured her leg.
"At the top of the hill near her home he went around the corner really fast and hit the kerb. She hit her head on the top of the seat again."
She was not charged a fare and a concerned neighbour saw she was distressed and took care of her.
The daughter said her mother had medical treatment for bruising to the top of her head and a haematoma on her injured leg from her knee to her ankle.
"Her confidence has gone since then," said her daughter. "She plays it over and over in her mind. She never goes out now. It has taken away her independence."
The daughter came forward to the Evening Post after reading of an incident at the store in December when an 85-year-old woman suffered life-changing injuries after being thrown from a taxi which was driven off as she tried to get in.
Eirwen Ferguson, of Sketty, spent three- and-a-half weeks in hospital and now has to wear a hearing aid after damaging her ear when she was thrown to the ground. Police and the council, which licences taxis, are continuing to investigate that incident.
South Wales Police issued an appeal on the other incident.
"Police received a complaint regarding the manner in which a taxi was driven from the Tesco store at Oystermouth Road to the St Thomas area of Swansea on 26th September 2015. All efforts to trace the taxi and the driver have proved unsuccessful. Anyone who knows the identity of the taxi or the driver is asked to call police on 101 quoting occurrence number 1500379238."
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