A livery cab driver shot at least four times last night by a thug who robbed him was struggling for his life yesterday as the shooter remained at large.
Trevor Bell, 53, was working a late shift in Queens, when he picked up a passenger and drop him off at 122nd Street and Sutter Avenue in South Ozone Park.
The shooter had arrived at the dispatcher on Merrick Boulevard just after 9 p.m. and negotiated the fare before climbing into the car, cops said.
The shooter — identified only as a tall black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans — waited until he reached his destination to pull out a gun and shoot Bell at point-blank range.
He robbed the driver of less than $100 and fled the bloody scene, leaving Bell slumped in the driver’s seat of his 2005 Chevy Impala, cops said.
Bell, a Jamaican immigrant who is married with two children, has six bullet wounds in his legs and one in his neck, according to family members.
Police said he was also shot in the hand. Bell was rushed to Jamaica Hospital, where he was undergoing surgery yesterday to dislodge the round from his neck. He was expected to survive.
“He’s hanging in there,” said Zach Martin, 30, a nephew of Bell’s who was visiting from Jamaica. “He isn’t speaking right now. He’s an honest man and the hardest working taxi driver.”
Bell usually ended his shift at 6 p.m., but last night decided to work late to bring home some extra cash, family members said. Bell had been working for Big D Car Service for six months.
“We’re happy he’s alive,” said Fernando Mateo, president of the New York Federation of Taxi Drivers. “It’s a very dangerous job. It’s one man against the world and sometimes there’s nothing you can do.”
The car was equiped with a camera system and law enforcement officials are currently reviewing the footage, police said.

