Hit and run drunk taxi driver charged

A taxi driver who hit a 70-year-old man on a pedestrian crossing  and fled  has been  charged with impaired driving.

The incident which was recorded on security cameras took place on Central Avenue in front of the Madrid hotel in David, at around 7:45 am on Sunday, July 7.

The video clearly shows how the pedestrian waited for a vehicle to pass and then began to cross. When he was halfway a speeding taxi driver makes an improper turn and hits the jubilado throwing him into the air. Another driver gave chase and forced the taxi to return to the scene. Meanwhile, other witnesses called for the police and an ambulance which took the victim to the Gustavo A. Ross Polyclinic in David, where he remains in stable condition.

The taxi was seized and its driver was taken to a police cell while the Directorate of Traffic collected data and evidence of  of the event.

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