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Oakland Cab Driver Stabbed Outside BART Station

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- A taxicab driver was stabbed by a patron outside of the MacArthur BART station Saturday evening, a police officer said.

Around 6:45 p.m., a man got into a cab at a taxi stand outside of the BART station on 40th Street and stabbed the driver after the two got into an argument, Officer J. Moore said.

The man fled the scene on foot, and the driver was taken to a hospital in stable condition to be treated for a stab wound.

The suspect was not in custody as of 1 a.m.

(Copyright 2012 by CBS San Francisco and Bay City News Service. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed)

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