Youth Punched Taxi Driver After Driver Refused to Drive Him to New Destination

Going back to the office seemed to have a negative impact on many people.

With the rise in the number of traffic jams lately, it’s no wonder many people are getting angsty on the roads.

That doesn’t mean you should hit your cab driver, like what this guy did.

Youth Punched Taxi Driver After Driver Refused to Drive Him to New Destination

Captured at Clarke Quay on Apr 14 at around 10:35pm, the video showed what looks to be a 60-year-old taxi driver and a 20-something youth duking it out – Street-Fighter-style.

The youth was seen running towards the uncle, screaming vulgarities and hitting the taxi driver in the face with his fist, knocking the poor man to the ground.

At this point, the people around the place realized what was going on and a young lady in black dashed in between the fighting men and tried to separate them both.

The lady was seen begging the young guy, asking both men to stop fighting. Other people surrounded the men trying to get them to stop fighting each other as well.

But it seemed that their pleas fell on deaf ear.

As the taxi driver picked himself up, the youth swung a kick at him, but thankfully, he missed.

It doesn’t seem like the youth was wearing a mask in the video either.

The person who witnessed the whole thing stated that the young man was obviously provoking the taxi driver by punching the taxi mirror.

“When the cabby rolled down the taxi window, the youth reached in and hit him,” she added.

Eventually, the police arrived but by then the young man has left the area while the taxi driver is still there.

It’s likely he called the cops in the first place.

The reason behind the fight

Based on what LianHe WanBao (联合晚报) found out, it seems that the youth in the video changed his destination once he boarded the taxi.

The taxi driver was unhappy with the destination change and refused to drive the young man.

You see, the taxi driver already planned to end work for the day but only agreed to take on one last gig because he thought the youth wanted to go to a place that’s in the same direction as he was.

When the young man changed his destination last minute, the cabby decided to change his mind about driving the guy to where he wanted to go as well.

Naturally, they got into an argument which led to the youth challenging the taxi driver to exit the car and duel him one-on-one.

That said, the true story is still unrevealed since the case is still under investigation.

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