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Taxi Driver Beats Another Cabbie With Car Antenna at JFK Airport: Police

By Trevor Kapp | October 17, 2016 3:12pm
 Cab driver Outmane Bouzid was charged with assault following a road-rage episode at JFK Airport, the PAPD said.
Cab driver Outmane Bouzid was charged with assault following a road-rage episode at JFK Airport, the PAPD said.
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QUEENS — A taxi driver was arrested at JFK Airport after ripping the antenna off his vehicle and beating another cabbie with it during a road-rage incident, officials said.

The chaos began when Outmane Bouzid and his victim were in the cab parking lot at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Port Authority police said.

The duo then drove to Terminal 4, where cabbie Outmane Bouzid, 26, leaped out of his yellow cab and opened the door of the other taxi and punched the driver in the face, the PAPD said.

Bouzid then returned to his cab, removed the antenna from it and began whipping the other driver in the head and face with it, officials said.

Bouzid, of Corona, was arrested at the scene and charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment, according to the PAPD. His car was impounded by Port Authority police and his Taxi and Limousine Commission license was suspended, the TLC said.

Bouzid's victim, whose name was not released, was treated on scene by EMT workers and declined to go to the hospital, saying he would drive himself for treatment.

Bouzid was released without bail and is next due in court Dec. 21.