Liverpool blast taxi driver ‘lucky to be alive’

Liverpool: The wife of a  taxi driver who survived  an explosion inside his cab  has said he is “lucky to be  alive”. David Perry was  injured when a homemade  bomb exploded shortly after  he pulled up outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital on  Sunday morning.

The passenger, who is believed to have brought the  device into the taxi, died at  the scene.

Mr Perry’s wife Rachel  said it had been “an utter  miracle” that he had escaped from the vehicle. Mr  Perry picked up a fare in the  Rutland Avenue area of Liverpool and was asked to be  taken to the hospital, about  10 minutes away, police said.  As the taxi arrived, it exploded and Mr Perry escaped the  car before it was engulfed in  flames. -Agencies