A Southern California Lyft driver not too long ago captured on video an alleged assault by seemingly intoxicated passengers who harassed and kicked him throughout a trip and questioned who “let him within the nation.”
The Occasions confirmed the incident is underneath investigation by the California Freeway Patrol, which stated the driving force, who’s from Westminster, was verbally and bodily assaulted.
The Freeway Patrol stated the incident unfolded round midnight on Aug. 19.
A Lyft driver picked up two girls who requested a trip from a restaurant in Newport Seaside, in accordance with Fox 11, which first reported the incident. The driving force recognized himself to the information outlet solely as Tinh.
Tinh stated the 2 girls reeked of alcohol and, at instances, slurred their phrases.
The dashcam video exhibits, when the automotive is on Freeway 55 close to Freeway 73 in Orange County, one of many girls sitting within the again seat places her toes on the center console between the entrance passenger and driver seats.
When the driving force asks the lady to take away her toes from the world, saying it may very well be harmful, the alternate turns bitter.
The lady calls him profanities, and asks, “Who allow you to in right here?”
Moments later, the passenger kicks the driving force within the head. Her fellow passenger does nothing to cease her. The lady then leans ahead and tries to take the driving force’s espresso and mess together with his different belongings, shouting, “Loser! That’s what you get, b—.”
Tinh instructed Fox 11, “I’m only a regular driver and, I’m authorized to dwell in America.”
In accordance with the California Freeway Patrol, the company is working to determine the 2 feminine passengers.
