In La Plata, Argentina, a 49-year-old taxi driver was arrested after hitting a passenger on the head with a stick who asked him to turn down the volume of the music in the car.
According to the media ‘Perfil’, this event happened on Monday, April 10, around 10:30 p.m. when two Ecuadorian women, ages 31 and 49, got into the taxi near Plaza Moreno. The passengers were going to Banco Provincia, located at the corner of 6 and 46, to be able to withdraw money.
At first the trip was quite calm, but it quickly turned violent when one of the women complained to the taxi driver for the volume of the music and likewise asked him the favor of bringing him down.
However, this comment infuriated the man, as he stopped in the middle of the street and forced the women to get out of the car and demanded that they pay him the price corresponding to the journey they had made so far.
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Apparently, the discussion did not end there, because The man grabbed a stick and hit the 31-year-old female passenger on the head, causing a cut on her forehead.
The people who were in the area called 911 for a case of possible robbery, but when they arrived at the scene the agents realized that it was an episode of violence. In this sense, they seized the taxi, the stick and took the driver handcuffed to the First Police Station.
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According to local media, the attacker was released, but a case was filed against him for injuries. An ambulance arrived at the scene of the incident to attend to the victim and both approached the Police to testify to what happened.
Until now, this case is under investigation and was left in the hands of UFI No. 6 of the judicial department of La Plata and the prosecutor in charge requested that the security cameras in the area be reviewed.
DANIELA LARRARTE ASAAD
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