Gunman placed gun to driver’s neck, hijacks car
Kevin Prince, the driver of HC 6287, a black Fielder wagon is lucky to be alive after the motor car he was driving was hijacked by a man who allegedly placed a gun to his neck.
The stolen vehicle.
According to the owner of the vehicle, Barbra James, 57, of South Sophia, around 01:00hr yesterday, the driver called her and informed her that the car was hijacked .The woman also stated that the driver told he was on his way to the Sparendaam Police Station to make a report.
The woman said that she was informed that Prince picked up a female passenger at the Demico outlet, Stabroek Square.
The passenger, she said, was going to Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.
According to reports the woman said that while the driver was heading to the destination, the female passenger told him to stop and picked up her husband whom she observed standing on the road.
The driver then picked up the male passenger. Upon arrival at the location the male passenger paid with a $5,000 bill.
However, when the taxi driver turned his back to make change, the male passenger placed a gun to his head and demanded that he exit the vehicle. Prince being fearful for his life, complied.
According to reports the driver jump out the vehicle while the man drove away with his wife sitting in the front passenger seat.
The woman further stated that Prince has been driving the car for the past six months and she recently had to pay over $300,000 to repair the said vehicle which was involved in an accident last year December.
The woman said that after the incident she went and made a report at the Sparendaam Police Station.