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TDO goes to great lenghts in order to bring readers the lastest news on developements in the Taxi trade as can be seen by this rare excursion into the news archives of "Biggleswade today". Many like me might wonder where Biggleswade is, or if its just a name plucked from an Enid Blyton adventure story? Biggleswade does exist and it can be found in Bedfordshire as many of our southern readers will testify.
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Biggleswade Today

August 14, 2006

HEADLINE: Passenger dies in taxi accident

Young man got out of moving vehicle

A man died from injuries he sustained while trying to get out of a moving taxi.

Oliver Livings, 20 of Vicarage Close got out of a Fiat Ulysses Eleganza taxi at around 2.30am in the early hours of Saturday, August 5.

It happened as the car travelled along the A6001 road in Church Street, Langford.

A spokesperson for Beds Police said: "A passenger from the taxi got out while it was still moving and sustained serious injuries. "He was then taken to Lister Hospital in Stevenage and transferred to the Royal Free Hospital in London where he died the next day."

A full investigation is now underway. If anyone has any information they should contact Pc John Loughlin of the Road Traffic Department on 01234 842469.
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