Man hit by car, father scratched after scuffle with taxi driver over rude hand gesture

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An altercation broke out between a father-son pair and a taxi driver on the road, all over a rude hand gesture displayed by the latter. The incident happened on Friday (July 14) at about 1pm around Blk 133 Jalan Bukit Merah, reported Shin Min Daily News. The 39-year-old victim, himself a part-time cabby, told the Chinese daily that he'd just...

The incident happened on Friday at about 1pm around Blk 133 Jalan Bukit Merah, reported Shin Min Daily News.

As he was exiting the car park, however, he noticed a taxi driver in front of him stretching his hand out of the window, gesturing at him with his middle finger three times.Wu pressed his horn to signal to the driver to stop his car, which he did at the side of the road."My dad and I got out of the car to question him about the rude hand gesture, but the taxi uncle insulted us in Hokkien and made a motion as if to hit us as he was getting out of the car.

"But he suddenly stepped on the accelerator and hit me, hurting my left leg. I immediately called the police," said Wu.

 

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