Two men have been arrested after an early morning attack left a Moncton taxi driver in hospital.
"He suffered serious injuries to the upper body," says Const. Damien Theriault with the Codiac RCMP. "It's still under investigation as to what exactly caused the…injuries."
But the victim's co-workers say he was stabbed, and this has again raised the question about the safety of taxi drivers.
Police say they received a report around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday that a cab driver was robbed in the parking lot of a gas station at 500 Hillsborough Road in Riverview.
They say the driver picked up two men in Riverview and a fight broke out along the way. When the driver pulled over at the garage, which was closed at the time, he was allegedly attacked and robbed by the men in his cab.
The suspects then took off in the taxi, a gold-coloured 2004 Chrysler Caravan with the White Cab company, and the driver called for help.
He was taken to hospital with serious, but non life-threatening injuries. His co-workers say he is in intensive care after surgery.
Meanwhile, police arrested two suspects in connection with the incident this afternoon.
"We have at this time two suspects in custody and we have recovered…the taxi driver's vehicle," says Theriault. "The investigation is still ongoing at this time."
Claude-Pierre Gagne of the Taxi Advisory Committee says drivers are relieved arrests have been made, but the incident has stunned his co-workers.
"Safety is always on the mind of taxi drivers now…an event like that, the drivers are in shock…that it occurred to one of theirs, their fellow worker," says Gagne.
The victim's cab was equipped with a panic button, but it was not activated.
Police say no charges have been laid at this time.
With files from CTV Atlantic's Jonathan MacInnis
