Bolt taxi driver lucky to escape alleged hijacking bid CapeTimesSA
Cape Town – Police thwarted a would-be hijacker who allegedly attacked and tried to hijack a Bolt driver in Table View.“A Taxify operator experienced a horrific ordeal after he picked up a client in Athlone on the evening of Thursday, March 7.
She said the passenger asked if the driver had been hijacked or robbed and if he was wearing a seatbelt. Chandler said the driver drove down Koeberg Road and attempted to make a U-turn when Table View police officers noticed the vehicle and drove towards it. "When the vehicle came to a halt, the driver managed to jump out of the window and ran towards the police vehicle. He shouted that someone was inside his car and had tried to hijack him.”
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