Montreal taxi driver killed in Côte-des-Neiges

Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Montreal taxi driver who was found unconscious inside his car early Wednesday morning.​

Montreal police will not say what kind of weapon had been used.

First responders rushed to the scene of what was originally reported as a collision between two cars near the corner of Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road and Darlington Avenue, in the Côte-des-Neiges district.

However, the 45-year-old driver's injuries did not match the accident, said Const. Raphael Bergeron of the Montreal police.

He was rushed to hospital, where he died. Montreal police say it is the 28th homicide of the year on the Montreal territory.

Taxi Diamond deputy general manager Denis Laramée said it's the first time in his 16 years at the company that he's seen a case like this, adding that drivers who are victims of violence are usually beaten and robbed.

Laramée said the driver had been working in Montreal for almost 10 years, and he had never caused any problems.

He said the taxi dispatch recorded a call from Dorval, placed shortly before the incident.

Laramée said the cab driver never closed his meter after that call, so the incident must have happened while the cab was en route from Dorval to its destination.

Police said the driver didn't have a criminal record.

Police are combing the area in search of a weapon.