By CHITO CHAVEZ
The cab driver, who was punched in the face by a furious female motorist during a traffic altercation, filed yesterday charges of slight physical injury, unjust vexation and malicious mischief before the Quezon City Prosecutor’s Office.
Virgilio Doctor, 52, filed the charges after being physically and verbally abused by private car owner and call center supervisor Cherish Sharmaine Interior, 31.
Doctor said that Interior cursed and shouted invectives at him while repeatedly striking him during their traffic-related argument.
Interior was caught on a viral video taken by an onlooker hitting Doctor’s face while trying to dismantle the side mirror of the taxi.
The incident occurred after Doctor attempted to overtake the vehicle of Interior.
Doctor said that Interior probably got mad after he honked the taxi’s horn, adding that as far as he knew the lady motorist was irritated and peeved prompting her to act the way she did.
He said that he only honked his horn at Interior because she was driving too slow.
“Yung pasahero ko medyo nagmamadali pumasok,” Doctor said.
Doctor also claimed that Interior hit his taxi with a tube or golf club before she punched him in the face.
The taxi driver, a stroke survivor in 2014, got out the taxi after the punching incident.
Doctor noted that he had to get out of the cab to rest due to fears of suffering another stroke.
The taxi driver and his operator has already coordinated with the authorities of the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board regarding the incident.
