Uber driver deliberately ran down cyclist near wharf, police say…. Is Uber going to run and hide AGAIN !

A bicyclist suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and a broken collarbone after he was mowed down by an Uber driver Sunday afternoon near San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf, police said.
The driver, 38-year-old Emerson Decarvalho of Daly City, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, said Officer Albie Esparza, a San Francisco police spokesman.
The trouble started around 1 p.m. Sunday at North Point and Taylor streets when the 45-year-old cyclist, who was not identified, rode up to the passenger side of the Uber car, a black Toyota Camry, and “began yelling at the driver and banging on his window,” Esparza said.
The cyclist was swearing at the driver “and pushed his mirror in” before he rode off, Esparza said.

It’s not clear what prompted the exchange, but the cyclist’s actions apparently set off Decarvalho, who gave chase and slammed into the back of the bike before remaining at the scene as officers and paramedics arrived, police said.

The cyclist, who was knocked unconscious, was taken to San Francisco General Hospital, where he was expected to survive, police said.

“Our thoughts are with the victim of this terrible incident,” Uber spokeswoman Kate Downen said Monday. “We are gathering more information and will assist the authorities in their investigation.”

It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Uber driver had a customer in the vehicle at the time of the alleged attack.

 

Now as we’ve seen and heard in the past, Uber would tuck tail and claim they are not responsible for what happened. They hired this driver, they pay him. What if you were in the car with him. Did they do a background check on this guy, and the insurance. Is there any, or is this going to have to come out of the drivers pockets. Good luck to the victim getting money for damages. But first lets prey the cyclist is going to make a full recovery.

What do you think. Is Uber responsible? Should they do a better job on screening their employees ?

 

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Uber CEO on Driver “Assault”: It’s Not Real and We’re Not Responsible

Late Saturday night, Bridget Todd, a writer, activist, and former lecturer at Howard University, tweeted at taxi dispatch startup Uber that she’d been choked by the driver she’d ordered on Uber’s smartphone app—apparently because he was angry at her interracial relationship. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s response, in an emailed warning to his PR team: “make sure these writers don’t come away thinking we are responsible when these things do go bad…”

But despite the even-handed public statement, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick made his attitude towards aggrieved customers clear in an email to his press team, on which I was copied. (It’s unclear if this was intentional: he tends towards passive-aggression.)

In the email, Kalanick blamed the media for thinking that Uber is “somehow liable for these incidents that aren’t even real in the first place.” Kalanick also stressed that Uber needs to “make sure these writers don’t come away thinking we are responsible even when these things do go bad.”

Uber Drivers at it again

A Philadelphia model says an Uber driver beat her in the face over a traffic jam, according to a lawsuit filed in civil court.A Philadelphia model says an Uber driver beat her in the face over a traffic jam, according to a lawsuit filed in civil court. Khelife was cursing at Delp and spit at her window after she mouthed the words “Do not touch my car,” the complaint said.
When she got out of the car, court documents claim, Khelife punched the woman in the face — the force dislocating cartilage in Delp’s nose. She also suffered a puncture wound to the neck after Delp’s earring was pushed through her skin, bruising, a scratch to her inner arm and had her shirt torn, the complaint stated.
The assault was stopped after two bystanders stepped in, court documents said. Police were called and Khelife arrested. He was later charged with Simple Assault, Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Aggravated Assault, criminal court documents show. The criminal case is set to go to trial in January 2015.
The civil lawsuit names both Khelife and Uber and seeks damages in excess of $50,000 on counts of battery, assault, emotional distress and negligent hiring on Uber’s part.