Article: Qld: Taxi company launches internal investigation into accident


AAP General News (Australia)
12-20-1999
Qld: Taxi company launches internal investigation into accident

BRISBANE, Dec 20 AAP - A Brisbane taxi company has launched an internal investigation
into the death of a taxi passenger in a crash, the first fatality for the 10-year-old
company.

Police are preparing a report for the coroner into the accident in which a man was
killed when another passenger pulled on the handbrake, sending the car spinning into a
power pole.

Brisbane Cabs manager David Minshall (Minshall) said the driver was still in shock
today after the crash, which happened just after 6am (AEST) yesterday on Sumners Road
at Durack.

The taxi driver and two passengers escaped ...

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