Global Courant
Miguel, the 32-year-old motorcyclist who was run over in the heart of Palermo after being caught in the middle of a fight between taxi drivers, recalled the accident, recounted the physical consequences he suffered and brought it to the attention of drivers of this type of vehicle intended for transportation: “No one came close or sent me a message these days.”
The episode, which went viral in recent hours through a video that reflected an almost cinematic scene, occurred early in the morning of September 16 at 5000 Gorriti Street.
It all started when two taxi drivers started a heated argument full of threats and accusations. There were some fistfights and attacks on vehicles. When one of them tried to leave, the other approached the window and hit him. The driver then made a maneuver and ended up crashing into a motorcycle that was passing on the bike path.
“Thank God I’m fine. They could have killed me. I thought I was going to lose my legs when I saw the car coming. I spent a week and a half without work and resting in bed because one foot was quite sore.” “I couldn’t kick and my shoulder was dislocated. I still have this pain,” Miguel said on Telenoche.
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It happened at the junction of the Thames and Gorriti
In addition, he stated that his “motorcycle was destroyed” and that he went to the police just this week to fill out paperwork with his lawyer and wait for payment for the property damage. “I rode my motorcycle to work and returned home,” he lamented.
His memory of the accident and the argument with the taxi drivers
“When I went home, I always grabbed Gorriti and saw two ‘tacheros’ blocking the whole street. I tried to pass on the left, but I didn’t see one of the men get in the car and drive off. “Miguel started in the thirteen.
And he continued: “I looked back because I felt the car accelerating quickly, I saw the lights in the mirror pointing at me and the taxi was two steps away. I didn’t have time to do anything, neither braking nor accelerating.
Regarding the responsibility of those involved, he said: “Without the man in the cap who threw a pineapple at the other person, nothing would have happened.”
Fights between taxi drivers in the heart of Palermo and a run-over motorcyclist in a cinematic viral video.
In this sense, he emphasized: “After watching the video, I became even more angry at the man who left. I don’t know if he was the one who started it all, but if he hadn’t thrown the pineapple, I would have come home peacefully.”
However, he seemed annoyed by both: “I can’t believe how two professionals behave like that on the street. This is how you live all day long. No one has approached me or messaged me these days.”
Finally, he turned against taxi drivers in general: “You experience a lot of this and more with taxi drivers. They don’t give you a move, they kill each other, just like what happened now, they step on the gas when they don’t.” I have to step on the gas, they always overtake you at red light. Violence is on the every day Street.”
“The bus drivers respect you a little more. You honk at them and they let you pass because they know you have many lives and they are not going to run or fight,” compared the motorcyclist, who indicated that he had suffered two other traffic accidents in the past.
