Tag: Taxi
Taxi Crashes Into Wall, Overturns In Devonshire
Early this morning a 57-year-old taxi driver escaped serious injury when he crashed his taxi into a wall and it overturned. A police spokesperson said, “Around 12:45am on Monday, May 20th police officers attended a reported single vehicle taxi collision on North Shore Road in Devonshire near the junction with Barkers Hill. It appears that the... Read more of this article
Taxi Crashes, Overturns, Lands Close To Water
[Updated] There was a collision today [May 8] which saw a taxi land upside down only a few yards away from the water in Southampton, and second collision happened a short while later when a fire service vehicle responding to the crashed taxi collided with two other vehicles. The first collision involved a taxi overturning in Southampton in the Jew’s... Read more of this article
Car & Taxi Collide In Southampton, Man Injured
[Updated] Shortly after 9.00pm this evening [Jan 25] emergency services personnel attended an accident on South Road near the junction with Middle Road in Southampton.Fire service personnel arrived at the accident which involved a car and a taxi and assisted a man who received injuries in the collision. An attending ambulance transported the man... Read more of this article
Male Pedestrian Injured In Paget Accident
[Updated] A male pedestrian was injured tonight [Jan 15] when he was struck by a taxi on Middle Road in Paget. Fire service personnel assisted the injured man before he was transported by ambulance to King Edward Memorial Hospital for treatment.Traffic was diverted away from the scene as police investigated the accident. Police Media Relations Manager... Read more of this article
55-Yr-Old Woman Injured In Cycle/Taxi Collision
A 55-year-old Warwick woman is recovering on a general ward in KEMH after being injured in a collision involving an auxiliary cycle and a taxi at the junction of South Road and Point Finger Road in Paget on Wednesday. A police spokesperson said: “Around 8pm on Wednesday, January 2nd police and first responders attended a reported two vehicle collision... Read more of this article
Three Vehicle Collision: Two Taxis & One Car
A three vehicle accident occurred earlier this afternoon [Oct 12] on Middle Road in Devonshire, with two taxis and one car involved.Emergency service personnel responded to the scene and traffic was temporarily diverted away from the area as police investigated the accident. At least one person received what we understand to be non-life threatening... Read more of this article
Taxi Overturns In Southampton Collision
Emergency service personnel responded to a report of an accident on Friday [Oct 5] night in the Middle Road, Southampton area. A taxi collided with a wall before the vehicle overturned leaving the driver with minor injuries. A police spokesperson said, “Around 11.00pm on Friday, October 5th police attended a reported single vehicle collision on... Read more of this article
78-Year-Old Taxi Driver Fined $800 For DUI
After smashing his taxi into a parked tractor-trailer on Front Street earlier this month while driving drunk, a 78-year-old taxi driver was fined $800 and given a one year driving ban. Neville Smith from Southampton this morning [Sept 11] pleaded guilty in Magistrates Court to driving whilst impaired and was fined $800 and disqualified from driving... Read more of this article
78-Yr-Old Arrested After Striking Parked Trailer
[Updated - A 78-year-old taxi driver struck a parked cargo trailer on Front Street, and was arrested on suspicion of impaired driving, and failed the alco-analyser test.] Traffic flow is being diverted away from a portion of Front Street this afternoon [Sept 4] due to a collision between a taxi and a container trailer.The accident occurred shortly... Read more of this article
Pedal Cyclist Seriously Injured In Taxi Collision
A 51-year-old pedal cyclist was seriously injured in an accident involving a taxi at approximately 11.30am this morning [Aug 3] on South Road in Smiths. A physician happened to be in the area at the time and helped the cyclist until the ambulance arrived and transported him to hospital.Police spokesperson Dwayne Caines said: “Police responded... Read more of this article
