{"id":44554,"date":"2025-04-23T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44554\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T18:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:49:23","slug":"driver-attacked-by-motorbike-gang-after-chase-ends-in-taxi-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/44554\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver attacked by motorbike gang after chase ends in taxi crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He was chased and beaten up by bikers<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_parsonsJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Parson Street in Bedminster\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Parson Street in Bedminster(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A driver was assaulted in Bristol yesterday (Tuesday) after being chased by a gang of bikers and then crashing his car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The incident was reported at around 3.40pm, in Parson Street, in the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/bedminster\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Bedminster<\/a> area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The motorbikes were chasing a Honda Civic, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/traffic-travel\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">which then crashed into a taxi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Honda driver left his vehicle and was then assaulted by several of the bikers before everybody involved in the fracas fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The car was left abandoned in the road. Members of the motorcycle gang responsible for the attack are yet to be identified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: &#8220;We received a number of calls relating to an incident in south Bristol, in which motorcyclists were reportedly in pursuit of a Honda Civic yesterday (Tuesday 22 April).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The car was subsequently involved in a collision with a taxi at about 3.40pm in Parson Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The driver left the vehicle and was assaulted by several individuals on the motorbikes, before they all fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Officers attended and found the Civic abandoned in the road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745434163_921_0_parsonsJPG.jpg\" alt=\"Parson Street in Bedminster\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Parson Street in Bedminster(Image: Google Maps)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">They spoke with witnesses and enquiries were carried out to identify the victim, who was located safely at about 5.10pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;He was taken to hospital with injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening or life-changing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;The taxi driver was physically unharmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Enquiries to identify and locate the offenders are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Anyone with information, or footage of the incident, is asked to call 101 and quote reference number 5225112971.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He was chased and beaten up by bikersParson Street in Bedminster(Image: Google Maps) A driver was assaulted in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[9312,10139,381,748,188,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-44554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-avon-and-somerset-constabulary","9":"tag-bedminster","10":"tag-bristol","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114388779911436839","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}