ENFIELD: A violent assault on an East Hants cab driver is startling to police and the cab driver who was victimized.
Sgt. Chris Bewsher, with Enfield RCMP, said police received a call from a taxi driver after being assaulted by a fare at about 2:39 a.m., Feb. 28.
On The Go Taxi informed a 911 dispatcher one of their drivers, Debbie Hankey, who also happens to own the business, had just been beaten by a passenger who had tried to take off in the van.
Hankey said she picked the fare, who she didn’t know, up near Leno’s Stop Shop, who said he wanted to go to the Quality Inn, but that wouldn’t be the final destination.
“Halfway up there he changed his mind and instead wanted to go to Milford, so we turned around at the Enfield exit and headed back towards Milford,” Hankey said.
That’s when things went awry. As they drove between Enfield and Elmsdale, the suspect decided t...