Watch | Dashcam footage shows passenger trying to rob US taxi driver

A taxi dashcam captured the moment a local sheriff thwarted an attempted robbery on its driver in Reading, Pennsylvania on Monday, March 7. The video uploaded onto social media by Reading Metro Taxi shows Victor Martinez-Herrera entering the taxi of Ralph Valleta and pointing a gun at his head, while failing to notice the police car driving up behind them. The police officer was on his way home, when he realized that something strange was happening in front of him.