Driver in China for ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing allegedly crushes passenger to death after repeatedly running him over
- The case has reignited concerns over how accountable the company is for its driver’s and whether it vets them fully
- In 2018 the company faced a major backlash after two separate incidents in which drivers raped and killed passengers
A ride-hailing driver in China has allegedly killed a passenger after repeatedly running them over with his car during a pickup dispute.
The driver, surnamed Gao, received a ride-hailing request at 2am on Sunday in Fuzhou, Fujian province, and called the passengers to confirm, Didi said in a public notice on Weibo on Monday.
The male passenger, surnamed Zhang, said that the driver’s phone call had disturbed his family’s rest after he requested his phone not be called as it was at home where his father was asleep.
The driver insisted he didn’t do anything wrong in contacting passengers to alert them to his arrival for the pickup. The two men got into an argument and then a physical fight as a female passenger attempted to intervene.
Zhang’s cousin, Lin, told Red Star News that Zhang and his girlfriend were playing cards at a friend’s house and hailed a car home afterwards.