Cab driver doused in gasoline

A 27-year-old Hamilton man faces a number of charges including assault and committing a hate crime after another Hamilton cab driver was assaulted early this morning.

It happened just after 3 a.m. when a taxi driver was filling up at a Pioneer gas station near Upper Ottawa and Fennell Street. Police say the drunk suspect asked the 50-year-old driver for a ride. The cab driver said he was off duty, but would call him another cab. Police say the suspect then yanked the nozzle from the cab driver and doused him in gasoline.

The driver was unharmed.