US serviceman hospitalised after joyride in Chania

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eKathimerini — A 26 year old  American serviceman from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier docked in Souda,  was hospitalised on Wednesday after stealing a parked taxi in the town of Chania and crashing it into a ditch.

The incident occurred shortly after 3 a.m. when the inebriated serviceman stepped out of a bar, stole the taxi and drove off, after punching its driver who tried to stop him.

Police found the taxi and the man in a ditch in the area of Aghias at 4.30 a.m.