Qld: Taxi driver run over by own car

From: AAP General News (Australia) | Date: May 20, 2007 | Copyright information

AAP General News (Australia)
05-20-2007
Qld: Taxi driver run over by own car

BRISBANE, May 20 AAP - A taxi driver was injured today when his own cab ran him over
in Brisbane's south.

Police said the 68-year-old man was hit and pinned down by his taxi after he tried
to stop a fare evader about 3am (AEST) at Moorooka.

The cabbie had just taken a passenger from Fortitude Valley to Mayfield Road at Moorooka
when the passenger refused to pay and walked away.

The ...

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