9th November 2011

Driver arrested after assault

A taxi driver was arrested after he assaulted a traffic officer and tried to flee the scene, Cape Town traffic services said on Wednesday.

The driver was stopped along Stellenbosch Road in Blackheath on Tuesday and given a fine for not having a licence disc displayed on his windscreen, said Chief Inspector Merle Lourens.

“While the officer was writing out the traffic fine, the driver attacked him unexpectedly.”

When the officer tried to arrest him, the driver jumped into his minibus and tried to escape along the shoulder lane of the road.

The minibus then collided with a car at an intersection, said Lourens.