Family leaves little girl behind in Boston taxi; driver avoids punishment for not checking cab

September 24th, 2009 Boston cabbies threaten Hyatt boycott over layoffsBOSTON — A union representing about 1,700 Boston cab drivers says it will boycott Hyatt hotels in the city unless the company rehires nearly 100 fired housekeepers. The Boston Globe reports that the Boston Taxi Drivers Association made the threat in a letter to the company.

August 3rd, 2009 Vt. taxi service allows patrons to decide faresESSEX, Vt. — When Eric Hagen started Recession Ride Taxi in Essex, Vt., he took more questions than fares.

July 30th, 2009 US sailor sentenced in Japanese taxi driver deathTOKYO — A U.S. sailor was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in the stabbing death of a Japanese taxi driver, a crime that led to calls for tougher punishment for American service members who break the law.

July 28th, 2009 Child left in Boston cab; driver faced suspensionBOSTON — When Boston taxi driver Joseph Cohen discovered that he had unwittingly driven off with a sleeping 5-year-old girl in the back of his van after dropping the rest of her family off at their home, he knew he was doing the right thing by immediately returning the child to her worried parents. So Cohen, a cabbie for 39 years, was surprised when the Boston Police Hackney Unit told him that he faced a three-day suspension for violating rules requiring drivers to inspect their cabs for forgotten items after dropping off a fare.

July 28th, 2009 Girl left in Boston cab; driver faces punishmentBOSTON — A Boston taxi driver faces a possible suspension after unwittingly driving off with a sleeping 7-year-old girl in the back of his cab, but his supporters say the fault lies with the child's family, not the driver. Joseph Cohen picked up the family — several adults and the child — at Logan International Airport Sunday and gave them a ride in his minivan to their home in the city's Mattapan neighborhood.

June 25th, 2009 Report: Driver didn't know Boston runway was openBOSTON — Federal investigators say a truck driver who crossed a runway at Boston's Logan International Airport seconds before a jet took off behind him told them he didn't know the runway was open. The preliminary report filed by the National Transportation Safety Board last week says the driver wasn't in contact with air traffic controllers and wasn't cleared to cross.

June 25th, 2009 Cab crashes outside Philly's Kimmel Center; 4 hurtPHILADELPHIA — Police say a taxi jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd in front of Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, ejecting the cab's driver and passenger and striking two pedestrians. Police say a car was trying to merge into another lane when it hit the taxi at around 10 p.m.

June 18th, 2009 Close call at Boston as truck crosses runwayBOSTON — Authorities say a construction truck crossed an airport runway in Boston just before a plane took off behind it. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the plane and truck were "seconds" from colliding Thursday morning at Logan International.

June 16th, 2009 Woman accused of assaulting bus driver with changeBOSTON — A Boston woman accused of throwing a handful of change in the face of a Boston bus driver faces an assault charge. According to a police report, 23-year-old Chantal Williams boarded an MBTA bus Sunday and told the driver, "I only have this change and you're gonna let me ride this bus." The driver, according to the report, called dispatch to have Williams removed for refusing to pay the fare.

June 9th, 2009 Boston agency suspends driver over cell phoneBOSTON — The Boston area's transportation agency has suspended its first driver for violating a new cell phone ban. Spokesman Joe Pesaturo (pes-AH'-tuhr-oh) says a 35-year-old driver was suspended last week.

June 9th, 2009 Boston motorman suspended for having cell phoneBOSTON — The Boston area's transportation agency has suspended its first driver for violating a new cell phone ban. Spokesman Joe Pesaturo (pes-AH'-tuhr-oh) says a 35-year-old driver was suspended last week.

February 26th, 2009 SINGAPORE - Giving in to a natural urge in public proved costly for a Singapore taxi driver. The cabby was fined the maximum 1,000 Singapore dollars ($655) Wednesday for urinating on a road, a news report said.

February 14th, 2009 KOLKATA - Two people were killed when a truck collided with a taxi Sunday in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said. The police said the accident happened due to poor visibility because of morning fog.

January 22nd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian taxi driver was accused of raping a customer several times, then demanding she pay her fare after he took her home, a news report said Friday. The suspect was accused of picking up a 28-year-old clerk late Tuesday and driving her to a secluded area in the central state of Selangor before handcuffing her and raping her several times, the New Straits Times daily said.

December 25th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Three taxi drivers were arrested for chasing and beating five members of a family in the capital, the police said Friday. Stephen Able, 47, a resident of Chatarpur village, was returning home with his wife Asha and their three children - two daughters and a son - after a party in Patparganj area in a taxi when they were chased and attacked by three taxi drivers near Nizammudin flyover late Thursday.