ATTACK BY PASSENGER
TAXI DRIVER STRUCK ON HEAD Auckland, July 27. An attack by a passenger on the driver of a taxicab occurred in Herne Bay to-night when a Checker Cab Company driver was struck on the ■ head with a bar of iron The victim L ‘ was Cyril Frank Ernest Bartruni, aged 26, married. The police have made • an arrest. 1: BartrunVs taxicab was carrying r. * man passenger. It b, stated that when the vehicle came to rest the passenger who was in the back seat, struck the driver heavily on the head with a bar of iron. Though a fairly severe wound |! was inflicted on his head Bartrum quickly climbed into the rear compartment of the vehicle and grappled with his assailant. Neighbours came to his _ assistance.—-P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 28 July 1942, Page 4
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