Dana Harrison was told she had to pay £50 for causing a mess in the car on the way to give birth (Picture: SWNS)

A taxi driver ferrying a pregnant woman to hospital screamed at her demanding £50 when her waters broke and she made a ‘mess’ in the backseat.

Dana Harrison, 23, went into labour 11 days early and ‘had the baby’s head in her hands’ by the time they reached the hospital.

But as she clambered out of the cab and into a wheelchair the unnamed driver began pestering her about whether she was ‘going to clean the car’.

‘He said he was going to wait outside for someone to bring him some wipes, he even wanted me to come back out and clean up,’ Dana said.




Incredulous at the driver’s boldness and desperate to get inside, she eventually managed to agree a £30 bonus on top of the £3 fare.

Dana said the driver told her he’d even wait outside for her to come back and clean up (Picture: Yorkshire Post/SWNS)

She later gave birth to baby boy Blake (Picture: Yorkshire Post/SWNS)

Dana was then wheeled into Leeds’ St James’ Hospital by a midwife where she later gave birth to baby boy Blake, who weighed 7lbs 7oz.

She said: ‘I started giving birth in the taxi and the driver just started shouting at me about making a mess.

‘I was so stressed because I really wasn’t expecting to give birth so soon.

‘When we got to the hospital he was asking for £50 but all I had was £30 so I just gave him that, he wasn’t happy.

‘I got put into a wheelchair and gave birth there and then. He was still shouting at me.’

Dana with partner Aiden Ibbotson and baby Blake at home at Seacroft, Leeds (Picture: Yorkshire Post/SWNS)

Dana added: ‘There wasn’t even that much mess, it was just a bit of water, most of it was in my trousers.

‘He was such a horrible man, I hope no one else has to go through what I have.’

She said she was at home in Seacroft with her sister when she went into labour on Monday and immediately called the Roadrunners taxi firm for a lift to the hospital.

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Her partner and Blake’s dad Aiden Ibbotson, 23, was fishing with friends when Dana went into labour but rushed to her bedside in time for the birth.

The self-employed roofer said: ‘I have tried to call the company but they have said I can only accept their apologies and they won’t tell me who the driver was.

‘I asked for his badge number which would’ve been in his car but they would not give it to me.

‘I am so angry.’

Roadrunners have been approached for comment.

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