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a female passenger asked an online car-hailing service to drive into the community but was refused. her husband picked up a wrench and broke the driver's head.

2024-08-28

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reporter | zeng yonghong cao wei

on august 26, multiple videos were circulated online, showing a female passenger in nanjing, jiangsu asking an online car-hailing driver to drive the car into a residential area. after the driver refused, the two sides quarreled. the woman then called her husband and said that she had been wronged. after the man came out of the residential area, he picked up a wrench and hit the online car-hailing driver.

the video shows that the online car-hailing driver was standing next to the driver's seat and making a phone call with blood on his head. there was a wrench on the ground and police officers were maintaining order at the scene.

according to upstream news, on the afternoon of august 27, a staff member of the police station under the jurisdiction of the pukou branch of the nanjing public security bureau said: "the driver has been sent to the hospital. the case is currently under investigation and evidence collection. other details are inconvenient to disclose."

on august 27, xiaoxiang morning news reporter contacted the pukou district transportation bureau to learn about the situation. the staff said they were not clear about the specific situation and needed to find out from the responsible department. on the 28th, the reporter continued to contact the bureau, and the staff told him that online ride-hailing vehicles are subject to daily supervision by higher-level departments. the reporter then contacted the transportation management office of the nanjing municipal transportation bureau to ask whether they would provide humanistic care for the online ride-hailing workers who were beaten. the staff said they were not in charge of this work.

the reporter contacted the pukou district public security bureau, and the staff said they knew about the incident, but the specific situation needed to be coordinated with the propaganda department. the reporter called the contact number provided by the staff, but the other party said they were not clear about the relevant situation.