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Ex-cop thwarts hijack attempt by crashing car

Dec 13, 2008 News

An ex-policeman turned taxi driver, Everton Montague, decided on Thursday night that there was no way two bandits would relieve him of his car.
Montague crashed the car over a bridge, and even engaged one of the hijackers before being forced to let go, in another hijacking attempt in the city.
The taxi driver sustained a stab wound in his back and lacerations to the back of his head and on his hand.
The incident occurred at about 23:00 hours, when Montague picked up the two hijackers outside a popular fried chicken outlet.
The men, one of whom was armed with a gun, requested to go to Sophia.
On the way, the gunman, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, held up the driver.
Taking a serious chance, Montague decided that this was not the time to easily give up his hard-earned cash.
In the vicinity of Section ‘K’ Campbellville, he drove the car on to a bridge, perching it precariously on the edge.
As the car hung precariously over a trench, the surprised gunman managed to exit and run away, but his colleague, who was sitting in the back passenger seat, was unable to do so, fearing that any false move would send the car off the bridge and into the trench.
Sensing that he had an opportunity to subdue the remaining bandit, Montague engaged him in the car as it dangled threateningly on the bridge.
A bitter battle ensued, during which Montague sustained the injuries.
His cries for help fell on deaf ears, despite the presence of a number of security guards in the area, and Montague was forced to let go of the hijacker, who kept stabbing him with a knife.
The hijacker then eased himself out from the left passenger side of the car and fled in the same direction as his colleague.
The ex-cop also managed to exit the car without it toppling over, and was eventually taken to the hospital by members of a passing police patrol.

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