Man injured in alleged fight over a taxi

11:32am Tuesday 19th August 2008

By Paul Duncan

A MAN was left with serous facial injuries following an alleged argument about a taxi in Kendal.

Police are seeking witnesses to the incident which occurred between two men on New Road in Kendal at around 12.30am on Sunday.

According to police, as a result of the altercation, a 26-year-old man from Kendal had to be taken to Westmorland General Hospital where he underwent surgery for a serious facial injury.

Police are particularly keen to speak to the taxi driver who drove the victim and his girlfriend to hospital in a dark coloured vehicle and also another taxi driver who was in the area and had a Peugeot 307-style cab.

Anyone with information is asked to call Kendal CID 0845-3300-247.

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