Taxi Driver Online

Published on Wednesday 18 January 2012 18:07



A MAN died this morning after an ‘incident’ in a taxi on a Doncaster road, police have revealed.


The man, who was a passenger in the vehicle, suffered head injuries at around 2.10am and died a short time later at Doncaster Royal Infirmary.

Police said the incident happened on the A19 St George’s Bridge, Doncaster, but detectives have not yet revealed any other details.

Officers have made five arrests in connection with the death.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “The man was a passenger in the taxi and police are investigating the circumstances that led to his death.

“The man sustained head injuries during the incident at 2.10am today and was taken to Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where he died a short time later.

“Five people have been arrested in connection with this incident and are currently in custody assisting police with enquiries.”

St George’s Bridge was sealed off by police while officers investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.

The road was closed for almost 12 hours but reopened this afternoon, Wednesday,

Anyone with information should call South Yorkshire Police on 101 and quote incident 62 of Wednesday, January 18.

I assume this was some sort of fight although it is hard to see how people would choose to have a punch up strapped into the seats of a vehicle. This sounds like it might be one of those very strange murders that are hard to solve

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Taxi driver quizzed as passenger dies of injuries





TRAFFIC ground to a halt in Doncaster as police closed a bridge to investigate the death of a taxi passenger.


Road closures were in place for 12 hours after a man died on St George’s Bridge at 2.10am yesterday, in what police would describe only as ‘an incident’.

Traders at Doncaster Market, a few yards away, said they heard a man had jumped from a moving taxi - possibly to avoid paying a fare.

Five people - including the driver of the taxi - were arrested, and were yesterday helping police with inquiries.

A people carrier-style taxi remained inside the police cordon during the investigation.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “The man was a passenger in the taxi and police are investigating the circumstances that led to his death. The man sustained head injuries and was taken to Doncaster Royal Infirmary where he died.”

As rumours circulated in the town, police put out a statement denying reports someone had been shot.

The road closures, involving the main bridge across the River Don which links the north and the south of Doncaster, caused havoc for motorists.

One woman said she abandoned her car in Bentley after hitting traffic jams, and took the train from there.

Nathan Cooke, an 18-year-old student at the Northern Racing College in Wheatley, said the tailbacks along Wheatley Hall Road stretched back to the Wheatley Centre as traffic was stopped from turning onto the roundabout to go north.

He said: “My bus to the college did not turn up because of the traffic jams. I was waiting for it for an hour, which meant I was going to be late.” Vicky Cummings, from Adwick, said she had set off on a 10-minute journey which lasted an hour.

And one market trader, who asked not to be named, said he made it into town over an hour late. “It has been chaotic,” he said.

“Obviously incidents occur, but there were no signs in place, and I saw two collisions in the gridlocked traffic. There were too many people pulling out and blocking junctions at traffic lights.”

A spokeswoman for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service said the gridlock initially caused problems for ambulance crews, but operations were rearranged to cope.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/tax ... _1_4156820

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George Carlin

so it was a vito which means the passengers were possibly out of their seats I assume the driver stopped when trouble kicked off and if he was one of those arrested sounds like he got involved. I suspect this will be one of those cases of the drivers word against the passengers

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

a case for cameras?

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Yes, it's amazing the number of assaults and murders that the seatbelts in my taxi have prevented.

Yes I've heard that about your driving.

CC

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

Well I'd reply that I've had a clean licence for around 30 years and pay less than £900 for fully comp insurance, but that would be tempting fate