Taxi driver stabbed in Montreal
Police looking for two suspects
CBC News
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 9:31 AM ET
Last Updated: Nov 21, 2012 10:58 AM ET
Police are looking for a white male in his 50s and a white female in her 40s after a Montreal taxi driver was stabbed on Wednesday morning.
(CBC)
Montreal police are investigating after a cab driver was stabbed in the neck early this morning.
Const. Daniel Lacoursière says the incident happened on Saint-Urbain Street near Saint-Joseph Boulevard West just after 3 a.m.
The man had two clients in his cab when one of them assaulted him with a sharp object.
While being assaulted, the taxi driver lost control of the car and hit two parked cars.
"After the impact the two suspects fled the scene," Lacoursière said.
Police are looking for a white male in his 50s and a white female in her 40s.
It is not clear why the passengers attacked the driver.
The driver is in the hospital with minor injuries.
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