Cab driver who hit women gets jail time, license suspended
PORTLAND, Ore. – A 46-year-old cab driver who hit two women last spring in downtown Portland pleaded no contest Tuesday as part of a plea bargain and will spend 90 days in jail and have his license suspended.
On March 7, Moktar Mohamud Mohamed was driving a Broadway Cab when he ran a red light and flew through an intersection. He careened into Lori Nuhring and Dian Bennett, sending them into the windows of a store at Southwest 10th and Morrison.
In addition to jail time, Mohamed had his license suspended for five years and received three years of formal probation. He will also have to pay restitution to the victims but the amount has yet to be determined.
He'll start serving his sentence Thursday.
Nuhring and Bennett both gave tearful statements before the judge delivered Mohamed's sentence. They both talked about not just the time spent in the hospital but their rehabilitation.
They also spoke about the things they can't do with their families, like play with their children, because of the accident.
Nuhring is still using a walker and Bennett is in a wheelchair. They both wept in court. They said they've been reliving the nightmare of what happened that night.
Bennett still has a bad leg injury. Nuhring's ankle and leg were severely injured, and she's now facing her seventh surgery since the crash. She said it will take years until she's fully healed. But she told the judge her scars aren't just physical.
"What can't be seen are the emotional scares – PTSD – the panic attacks whenever a yellow cab – whenever I see a yellow cab," she said.
Mohamed did speak to the victims, telling them that he was sorry. He lost his job shortly after the crash.
Anyone find out what happened like why he went up on the curb??
Broadway Cab needs to do something about their drivers. I've seen them speeding everywhere, passing other cars on the right side parking strip or bike lane. One of them came at me head-on when he was going the wrong way on a one way street. I swerved up on the sidewalk and a truck driver had to swerve into an alley to miss this guy. The cabbie just kept right on going at break-neck speed. He was going too fast to get his cab number or license number.Â
90 days in jail? I hope he'll learn his lesson.
When does his work visa expire? Can he drive a cab in another state or country while his Oregon license is suspended for 5 years?
Unfortunate all the way around.
"He lost his job shortly after the crash."
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So...he'll still be driving a taxi for some other company then.
license suspended ??? Oh Nooooo
Yellow cab will be paying out a lot of money for medical bills and pain and suffering. They deserve all of what they get. Their injuries were debilitating and will be life long.
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Better Yellow cab pay up than the tax payers.
@RalphCramden Not sure Broadway Cab Co will be paying. My understanding is most cab drivers are independent businesses or contractors that own or lease the cab and services from the company.Â
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 @RalphCramden Er, don't you mean Broadway Cab?
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227 1-2-3-4, Broadway cab, knocking you to the floor!
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I'm just going by this comment.
"What can't be seen are the emotional scares â PTSD â the panic attacks whenever a yellow cab â whenever I see a yellow cab," she said."
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I have no idea what cab company hit the ladies.
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No.. it is still called Broadway... they are the yellow coloured cabs.. (they are no better than Radio, but are much better than Green cab or Sassy's cab)