Anna-Lisa Paul
A Carapichaima taxi-driver who was stabbed by a male passenger during the wee hours on Thursday, was said to be in a stable condition at hospital.
The 53-year-old of Waterloo Road, Carapichaima, was plying his white Toyota Axio along the Caroni South Bank Road en route to Curepe around 3.50 am on October 3 – when he allegedly got into an argument with the male passenger who was seated in the back.
It was reported that upon reaching Washington Roundabout, the suspect took out a knife and stabbed the driver in the right side of the neck.
As the victim lost control of the car, the vehicle swerved off the road and crashed into a concrete pillar on the southern side of the road.
The driver was said to have exited the car and as he ran off, he was pursued by the suspect and stabbed several more times about the body.
The suspect escaped on foot.
The victim was later taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he was treated and warded in a stable condition.