A 68-year-old Texas man claims he was assaulted by an Uber driver after making a complaint about the back seat of the driver’s vehicle.
Video posted to X shows Suleman Gauba standing behind a vehicle and then being punched in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground.
Gauba said the incident captured by a surveillance camera began when he and his wife wanted to take an Uber from Market Center Boulevard in Dallas, according to KDFW-TV.
KDFW, which aired the surveillance video, said that for more than two minutes after Gauba and his wife entered the vehicle, the car remained where it was.
VIDEO: Dallas Uber driver punches elderly man after argument over legroom, video shows @FOX4 MORE: https://t.co/uvrGSIowAi
“I cannot sit in the back seat,” the victim said. “Very small place, you know?” pic.twitter.com/6o9Ml34zsz
— David Sentendrey (@DavidSFOX4) October 4, 2024
Gauba said that he told the driver the back seat was too cramped.
“I cannot sit in the back seat,” he said. “Very small place, you know?”
Gauba says that the driver sought to get even for the criticism.
“And he said, ‘I’m canceling your ride,’” Gauba said.
Video then shows Gauba exiting the rear door on the driver’s side, while his wife opens the rear door on the other side of the vehicle.
A large man in a pink shirt follows Gauba out of the car, and as Gauba is walking away, hits him in the back of the head.
The video showed the man standing over Gauba.
So sad an ederly man is brutalized by a Dallas Uber driver. @wfaa @DFW4DFW @TacticalDPD @dallasnews @startelegram
— Terry Michael (@TerryMichaelTX) October 4, 2024
“I just told him, you know, ‘Why are you canceling my ride?’ I don’t know,” Gauba recalled. “At that time, my wife told him, ‘I’m calling the cops.’”
The car left before the police arrived.
“I was thinking, you know, what’s happened with me? Why he hit me?” Gauba said.
No arrests have been made. Gauba said of the man who punched him, “He deserves jail.”
Uber has been notified of the incident and said it was in contact with Gauba.
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