60s Taxi Driver Fighting with Passenger Unconscious... Police Investigation Underway

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Min-young] A taxi driver in his 60s fell into a coma after a dispute over a 60-year-old passenger hitting the car door against a roadside fence while trying to get into the taxi, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

According to the Seongnam Jungwon Police Station in Gyeonggi Province on the 3rd, a dispute occurred between taxi driver A and passenger B around 7:40 p.m. on December 31 last year in front of Moran Station in Seongnam.

The so-called 'door ding' dispute arose when A took issue with B hitting the car door against the roadside fence while getting into the car, and B responded, leading to a scuffle reportedly involving grabbing each other's collars.

After the altercation, A suddenly fell backward, fracturing his skull, and was taken to the hospital but is reported to be in a coma.

According to the police investigation so far, there is no evidence that B assaulted A.

The police have formally charged B with assault causing injury and are investigating whether there is a causal relationship between the dispute and the accident A suffered.

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