PH taxi driver escapes hijackers in La Brea

A 33-year-old “PH” taxi dri­ver es­caped un­hurt af­ter he was am­bushed by two armed men while work­ing in La Brea on Sun­day af­ter­noon.

Around 1:30 p.m., the dri­ver picked up a man in a white vest and black hat along Belle Vue #2. When they reached a dead end, an­oth­er man armed with a gun con­front­ed him. The front seat pas­sen­ger al­so point­ed a firearm at him.

Fear­ing for his life, the dri­ver fought them off, climbed in­to the back seat, ex­it­ed through the rear door, and ran. Pedes­tri­ans as­sist­ed him. When he re­turned with po­lice, the car was still there but the ig­ni­tion key, his Sam­sung A23 phone, and a pi­o­neer mu­sic deck were miss­ing.

Po­lice lat­er ar­rest­ed a 22-year-old labour­er from Belle Vue #2 in con­nec­tion with the in­ci­dent. In­ves­ti­ga­tions are con­tin­u­ing.