NATION IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Bronx Cabbies React to String of Killings
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The murders of five Bronx cab drivers, three of which may have been committed by the same robber, have hundreds of drivers switching to daytime hours, operators said. A dispatcher for the Flash Car Service Co. said that only 15 of 80 drivers who usually work nights showed up. A false report of a sixth killing led to a traffic jam when 400 to 500 cabs converged on the purported crime scene, police said.
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