On Monday night, Two women aged 31 and 49 were attacked by a taxi driver from La Plata on 6 and 46 after an argument over the volume of the music. The driver stopped the vehicle and hit one of the passengers with a stick. The assailant was arrested for injuries.
The event occurred around 10:30 p.m., when the two women, of Ecuadorian nationality, got on their cell phones in the vicinity of Plaza Moreno and, according to their testimony, asked the driver to take them to the Banco Provincia ATMs located at 6 and 46 .
According to police sources confided to 0221.com.ar During the trip, the passengers asked the taxi driver to lower the volume of the music, but instead the driver stopped the march at the corner of 6 and 46, forced the passengers to get out of the car and demanded payment for the trip up to that place.
Once out of the vehicle, the discussion continued, the taxi driver grabbed a stick and hit the 31-year-old woman on the head, causing a cut on her forehead.
Alerted by a 911 call for a possible robbery, police personnel went to the scene and warned that it was an assault on two women.
The taxi driver identified as 48-year-old VH was arrested and taken to the First Police Station, where proceedings for injuries began. While the taxi and the stick were seized and The two women gave their testimony.
An ambulance with health personnel appeared at the scene and the injured woman was treated by doctors. Investigate UFI No. 6 of the judicial department of La Plata. The prosecutor requested the analysis of the security cameras and that the victims undergo legal medical examinations.
