SINGAPORE: The police are investigating after a video showing a heated confrontation between a group of road cyclists and a ComfortDelGro taxi driver on Middle Road went viral on Saturday (Oct 21).
In response to TODAY's queries, the police said they were alerted to a call for assistance at the junction of Victoria Street and Middle Road at about 8.30am on Saturday.
The taxi then abruptly stops before a traffic light, about one car's length away from the vehicle in front of it. In a separate video apparently filmed by one of the cyclists, the two parties could be heard hurling vulgarities at each other throughout the argument. The taxi driver is then heard shouting vulgarities at the group, saying"you don't need to ask me why I jam brake" before pushing his way past the front of his vehicle.The police said that a 41-year-old man sustained minor injuries but refused to be taken to the hospital.
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