Uber driver feels unsafe in Newark after eggs were thrown at taxi

A taxi driver says he doesn’t feel safe working in Newark after eggs were thrown at his car.

Shamraz Akhtar, an Uber driver of six-years is registered as a Nottingham City private hire driver and often drives to Kelham and Newark to drop people at Northgate Station.

On Wednesday (October 23), around 7.50pm, he was driving on Trent Bridge, past Newark Castle Station on his way back to Nottingham when someone threw eggs to his passenger side door.

He said: “After this incident I feel terrible, I don’t feel safe working around Newark, it’s is dangerous.

“It may be fun for them but it is costing me.”

A Nottinghamshire Police spokesperson said: “We’re aware of reports of eggs being thrown at a motorist as they were driving through Newark.

“They were reportedly thrown at the car as it travelled past Newark Castle Train Station, around 7.55pm on Wednesday (October 23).

“Aside from being an unpleasant thing to do, throwing missiles at a moving vehicle is also extremely dangerous, for obvious reasons.

“We’d ask anyone who witnessed what happened or has any information about the incident to report it the police on 101, quoting incident 689 or 23 October 2024.”