There are close to 1,000 cars packed into the Miami Beach Convention Center for the 39th Annual South Florida International Car show.
On Saturday morning that number increased by one as a taxi cab plowed through the plate glass doors of the Convention Center while the driver scuffled with a would-be robber.
Fortunately the accident occurred early in the morning, somewhere around 5 a.m. and no one was seriously injured.
According to WPLG, Channel 10, the cab driver picked up a fare near the convention center and a short time later felt a sharp object against his neck as the passenger demanded cash and jewelry.
There was a struggle, the car crashed into the front of the convention center and the bad guy got away.
Based on the photo on Channel 10's web site, the cab looks like a Ford Crown Victoria. That's good - Ford could use it in its display, especially since the Crown Vic, doesn't show up on the lineup of cars on the website.
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Dear SF Road Writer,
ReplyDeleteA number of questions pop up into my mind, among them...
1) Is the Convention Center going to charge Ford for exhibition space? (And if this causes Ford financial grief, are the taxpayers going to have to foot the bill?)
2) Is the taxi driver going to be charged an admission fee?
3) Will this event make Ford's exhibit a "crashing" success?
4) Can the Crown Victoria be said to have "broken" new ground?
These are bad, I know...really bad. But I just couldn't resist.
Steve Winston
President, WINSTON COMMUNICATIONS
Public Relations & Marketing
(954) 575-4089
steve@winstoncommunications.com
www.winstoncommunications.com
Steve - All I know is that you're on a roll, kinda like the cab driver.
ReplyDeleteWhen this cab driver says door to door service, he really means it.