New York cab driver reportedly dies after being stabbed in eye with umbrella
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A New York cab driver reportedly died when a passenger stabbed him in the eye with an umbrella during a robbery, sources said.
The New York Post reports that the cab driver continued to drive for about a block after being gored, ultimately crashing into two parked vehicles on Thomas S. Boyland Street in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn at about 5 p.m. Thursday.
The unidentified driver was later taken in critical condition to Brookdale Hospital, where he died.
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NYPD officials are seeking a black male and female in their mid-20s who were in the driver’s 2000 Mercury sedan. The cab had New Jersey plates and was operated by Freedom Car Service, police said.
Video obtained by The Post from a nearby store depicted the couple getting out of the car and walking calmly away as the cab keeps heading slowly down the street.
“I was cooking in kitchen and I heard a loud bang, so I ran to my window,” said Lena Taylor, 51, who lives on the street. “I saw the cabdriver bleeding like crazy. His face was full of blood.”
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Law enforcement sources were unclear regarding the nature of the dispute, but cab-union boss Fernando Mateo believes the driver was robbed.
“It was a terrible way for a man to die,” Mateo told the newspaper.
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest, the Post reports.
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