A ranar 22 ga Yuli na 1975, akwai labarai masu zuwa a cikin jaridu: wani matashi mai shekaru 17, Erskine Lawrence Ebbin, da taksi ya kashe lokacin da yake tuka moped a kan titi a Hamilton, babban birnin Bermuda. Ya zuwa yanzu komai ya zama na al'ada har sai da wani wanda hatsarin ababen hawa ya rutsa da shi ya shiga cikin hankalin kowa.
Don a ce, lamarin ba sabon abu bane ga garin, saboda daidai da shekara guda da ta gabata, babban ɗan'uwan Erskine, Neville, shima ɗan shekara 17, ya gudu akan titin ɗaya ta taksi yayin tuƙin moped.
Abu mafi ban mamaki game da karar shine cewa direban taksi ɗaya ne ya tuka tasi… kuma yana ɗauke da fasinja ɗaya. Hatsarin ya faru ne mintuna 50 kacal a rana guda (21 ga Yuli), 1974 da 1975, a cewar 'yan sandan tsibirin.
Labarin da ke yankewa a cikin Miami Herald na Yuli 22, 1975:
An kuma ba da labarin tagwayen labarai a cikin Los Angeles Times na 22 ga Yuli, 1975:
Sabili da haka, babu shakka cewa 'abin tashin hankali na tagwaye' da gaske ya faru a Hamilton a watan Yulin 1975.
Bermuda (a hukumance, Tsibirin Bermuda ko Tsibirin Somers) yana da iyaka mai girman ƙasa, kuma babban birnin Hamilton ya bazu kan ƙaramin yanki na kadada 70 (kusan kadada 173), yana da yawan jama'a 1,800 kawai a 2010. Wannan yana nufin, a 1974, adadin mutanen da ke zaune a yankin haɗari na iya zama ƙasa da ƙasa, kuma adadin taksi a yankin da mutanen da suka yi amfani da su zai zama ma kaɗan.
Haka kuma, ba zai zama kwatsam ba cewa 'yan'uwa biyu sun zauna a yanki ɗaya kuma ɗayan ya gaji ɗan'uwan ɗan'uwansa. Don haka yuwuwar cewa taksi guda ɗaya (ɗauke da fasinja ɗaya) a kan titi ɗaya ba zai zama ɗan ƙaramin abu ba. Hadari mai ban tausayi, amma mai ban sha'awa duk da haka.
