Arrest after taxi driver injured in Colchester

It happened in the early hours of Saturday

Author: Jon BurkePublished 4th Nov 2024

Officers investigating an assault in Colchester, which has left a taxi driver with a serious head injury, have made an arrest.

It was reported the victim, a man in his 40s, had been found injured in Brinkley Grove Road at around 1.50am on Saturday 2 November.

He has been taken to hospital, where he is being treated for a fractured skull and bleed on the brain.

A man attended Colchester Police Station yesterday (Sunday 3 November) and was arrested on suspicion of GBH with intent.

Police enquiries are ongoing and they're continuing to identify a man, aged between 20 and 25, slim, and between 5ft 5ins and 5ft 9ins tall in connection with the incident.

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with them.

Please quote the crime reference number 42/166162/24.

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