18 Mar 2008
Cabbie drives down church steps
OOPS ... this cab ended up on the steps beside St Stephen's Cathedral -
but it somehow escaped damage. Pic: Steve Bolack
SHOCKED City pedestrians watched in horror early yesterday afternoon
as a taxi that made a wrong turn ended up balancing at the top of a steep
flight of stairs in Charlotte St.
The taxi was manoeuvring around the St Stephen's Cathedral when the
driver turned the wrong way along one side of the landmark building.
It stopped just in time to keep from falling down 40 stairs.
Passerby Steve Bolack said up to 50 people came out of their offices to
look at the spectacle.
"It looks like the cabbie must have thought a road was there because he
drove straight at it," Mr Bolack said.
"It's lucky he wasn't going faster because he very nearly could have fallen
all the way."
The driver escaped uninjured and a tow truck pulled the taxi to safety
about 2pm. Police interviewed the contrite cabbie yesterday afternoon but
it was unknown if charges would be laid.
Black and White Cabs general manager John Tighe said it was an
unfortunate incident.
"The driver is shaken but OK," he said. "He just made an error and turned
the wrong way. I'm not sure how he ended up down by the side of the
building. He obviously hasn't done that job before and it's fortunate he was
going slow."
Mr Tighe said he was relieved no one was injured and the taxi was not
damaged. "Everyone's a bit embarrassed," he said.
Source: Courier Mail, Australia
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