An NHS worker was dragged down the road by a Delta driver in a row over £5.
Maxine Rodgers described the terrifying moment she thought she was going to die after the driver sped off with her holding onto the inside of the car door.
The incident was caught on CCTV by a neighbour shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 21, and shows the moment Maxine was thrown into the middle of the road after letting go of the taxi.
Maxine, 49, who works as a medical secretary for the Royal Liverpool Hospital, had just returned to her home in Clubmoor from her sister's house, when she realised she'd left her phone in the car.
The 49-year-old said she rang her phone within minutes of the vehicle leaving and the driver answered it.
The driver agreed to return the phone for a fee of £10 but when she arrived Maxine realised she only had £5 in her purse.
Maxine told the ECHO: "I gave her the £5 and she said 'I said £10 you're not getting your phone.
"I said 'just give me my phone, I've just given you some money.'"
Maxine said it was at this point that the driver asked her to close the car door and said she would look in the boot for her phone.
"I said 'do you think i'm soft? You're going to drive off." She looked right at me and said 'right b****' and put her foot on the accelerator."
Maxine, who had her hand on the inside of the car door at the time, said she was dragged down the road, covering the distance of two houses, before she let go.
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Maxine said: "I just had to let go. I thought she's going to kill me, that's what was going through my head at that point in time.
"If I had been under that wheel I would have been dead. I've got a little girl who's 11, she would have had to grow up without a mum."
Maxine suffered from concussion and cuts and bruises on her arms and legs.
She went to A&E to be checked over on Sunday and was given two weeks off work but said "it could have been a lot worse."
She said: "I'm just in shock. I just can't get to grips with what's happened.
"I was chatting away to her nicely on the journey home, I can't believe she's done that.
"It's not even about my phone now."
Merseyside Police said CCTV and witness enquiries into the incident are ongoing.
The ECHO has approached Delta Taxis for comment.
In a statement a police spokesperson said: "We are appealing for information after a woman was injured during an incident in Old Swan on Sunday morning (21 March).
"Police were called shortly after midnight to a report that a woman in her 40s had been involved in a dispute with the driver of a private hire vehicle on Glengariff Street.
"It was reported the woman was dragged along the road a short distance while holding on to the rear car door.
"The woman was not seriously injured, but sustained cuts and bruises on her hand, arms and legs.
"CCTV and witness enquiries are ongoing.
Anyone with information on this incident should contact Merseyside Police social media desk via Twitter @MerPolCC or Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’.
You can also call 101 quoting incident reference 21000179367 or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their website here.
