Video: violent attack by passenger on Uber driver

A conductor of Uber suffered a fierce assault from a passenger and images of the terrible incident went viral on social media. There you can see how the woman hanged the man and bit him on the neck, on a trip he took earlier this week.

Michele stilwell got into the car driven by Michael hasey, in the county of Pinellas, located at Florida (United States), and pounced on him to attack him for no apparent reason.

A witness to the attack shared on social networks the fierce images of the incident. In the video, Stilwell, 55, can be seen with his arms around Hassey’s neck as he shouts at her: “Morite“.

After hearing the calls for help, several passers-by rushed to help the driver, who tried to reason with the aggressor for me to free him. “I can’t breathe! I’m just your Uber driver!” She begged him.

However, the woman continued to hold the driver’s neck firmly and bit him and caused considerable injury.

Eventually, Hassey manages to shake the woman and could open the door to escape.

According to police reports, Stilwell alleged that did not remember any details of the incident and that he didn’t know how it happened. For this reason, the officers they believe the woman was drunk at the time of the attack.

In subsequent statements, Hassey assured the WFLA that Stilwell was asleep mostly up to, a few blocks from the house, woke up and started attacking him.

The 22-year-old driver said the woman he started screaming “my girl, my girl”, hitting him on the head.

Traumatized by what happened, Hassey explained to English media how the footage of the attack unfolded. “He started cursing me and hitting me in the face. Plus he sunk his teeth into my neck like it was a pitbull, while shaking his head, ”recalls the driver. He added: “I have never been so scared in my life. I thought I was going to die“.

Hassey said he was determined not to defend himself because he didn’t want to hit a woman. “I let it happen. I didn’t fight back because I have two sisters and I was raised to never lay a hand on a woman“, He said.

After the violent attack, the driver tried to contact Uber but received no response from the company. Although spokesperson for the transfer service, spoke to the media to express the company’s position.

“What we have seen is worrying. Violence of any kind is not tolerated on the Uber app. We immediately removed user access as soon as we were made aware of the situation, ”a company spokesperson said.

Stilwell, who works as a nurse and has 25 years of experience, has been charged with aggravated battery and witness tampering, but was released on bail paying $ 15,000.

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