A taxi driver has been kicked and bashed unconscious in an unprovoked attack in Melbourne.
The driver was filling his taxi at a Spotswood service station when a man began kicking the car and striking it with a windscreen cleaner. The incident happened early on Sunday, police said.
When the taxi driver challenging the man he knocked the driver to the ground, kicked him in the head and continued assaulting him until he was unconscious.
The offender continued to damage the taxi, then fled.
The victim was taken to the Western Hospital with serious injuries.
Police have described the man as Caucasian appearance, bald and aged in his 30s or 40s. He wore an Essendon AFL jumper with number 27 on the back, dark pants and white sneakers.
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