A BARNSLEY woman was fighting for her life in hospital today after she tried to get out of a moving taxi.
The 22-year-old woman was in a black Renault Master taxi on Newstead Road, Athersley, when she tried to get out of the vehicle as it approached the Athersley Leisure Centre roundabout.
Police say she suffered serious head injuries in the incident, which happened at 3.55am on Sunday morning.
The taxi driver, a 29-year-old Barnsley man, called an ambulance. The woman was taken to Barnsley Hospital where her condition was said to be life-threatening. A male passenger, aged 21, who was sitting in the front, was not injured. |