A woman spoke out after she was attacked while driving Uber. She picked up some passengers to drive them to their location, and when they got there, they began beating her up, stealing her items, damaging her car, and left her there like a ragdoll. The woman went to the police, filed complaints, and did what she needs to do, but she also spoke out in hopes there's more that can be done to protect drivers. WHSV had more on the reported Uber attack, telling more of her story. The good thing is that Uber responded in a good way, offering to pay for 100% of the car repairs and gave a $5,000 donation to her account. Should it be more, less, or just right? Here's more of the report:
The driver, Victoria Partridge, is recovering from her injuries, but she says she feels like no one cares about her situation. She now wants help and some justice. The routine Uber drop-off turned into a brutal attack when several passengers began punching and attacking Partridge. While the attack lasted about 30 seconds, Partridge said it felt more like an hour. “I started thinking that I’m gonna die,” she said. “And when they left, I was just praying to God, thank God I’m alive.”
She’s been an Uber driver for over a year with more than 4,000 rides.
This recent one started out as a pickup on Fremont Street. When she got to the location and saw there were seven people, she told them she couldn’t take them since she has only six seatbelts in her vehicle.
“They’re like, ‘We’re not leaving,’” Partridge said. “‘We need, we need to get to our destination point. You’re our last chance please, please, please.’”
After several minutes of arguing and opening and closing the doors, Partridge said she gave up and took the seven women.
She’s thankful she caught what happened next on video.
“She started beating me up from the side,” Partridge said. “Another girl went out, opened my driver door and she started beating me up from that side.”
She said the attackers also threw her phone, stole money out of her tip jar and dented the side of her car.
