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Taxi driver may lose his sight after punter smashed his window in unprovoked attack


Doctors are fighting to save the cabbie's eye after the unprovoked attack in Middleton sent glass flying into the car

A taxi driver may lose his sight after a punter smashed his window and sent glass flying into his eye.

The 38 year-old victim had working in Middleton in the early hours of Sunday when he was approached about a fare.

However after he refused, the man flew into a rage and smashed the driver’s side window sending broken into the air and causing serious injuries to the driver.

The cabbie remains in hospital for surgery. Doctors say he may lose the sight in one eye.

Officers attended the scene of the attack on Manchester Old Road at around 1.15am however the attacker could not be found.

It is believed he fled the scene in another taxi.

The suspect was described as a mixed race aged between 18 and 22, between 5ft 8in and 6ft tall and had short curly black hair in an Afro style and was wearing dark jeans and a grey hooded top.

Det Cone Daniel Daly, of GMP’s Rochdale borough, said: “This was an unprovoked attack on a man simply trying to earn an honest living and he may lose the sight in his eye permanently.

“We are appealing for anyone who may have been in the area at the time and may have seen anything that will help us with our investigation to come forward.”

Anyone with information are asked to police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.

source: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... r-11478361

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

And Councils wonder why there's never enough drivers willing to work weekend nights.

And you wonder why drivers don't want CCTV in their motors??

CCTV would not have helped as the atacker was outside the car and even when it is fitted it's not total protection against atack when the punters are to [edited by admin] up or drugged up to care about the consequences of ther actions.

Some CCTV have all round view inside and outside.

It would help find and convict the c***.

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IDFIMH

cctv might help get the conviction but it could never prevent him losing his sight such a shame for this driver

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

It stops the tvvats acting the idiot.

shocking this , taxi driving must be one of the most dangerous jobs to have tbh , that's how i cant understand old blokes doing it, once i cant react im done tbh , the only advantage we have is they are normally pi$$ed & we are sober

have to agree with you there mate, nobody cares about us yet we help the police out every fri/sat night clearing the chit off the streets,yet if we want help?? fook you mate although i only work fri/sat nights dont mind the odd "ruck" tbh , keeps me on my toes