Lyft driver hospitalized following assault by passengers in Frisco, lawyer states

Two persons have been arrested adhering to an attack this thirty day period on a Lyft driver in Frisco.

The driver, Francis Watson, picked up a Lyft shopper and his girlfriend soon right after midnight Jan. 13. During the ride, the passengers stabbed Watson several times in an try to steal his car, an lawyer for Watson reported.

Watson, 26, was handled at a Plano clinic for stab wounds and blows to the head and human body, his attorney Willard Clark explained.

The travellers — Brannon Iverson Scott and Tahlea Atavia McRoberts — each experience prices of aggravated assault, theft and evading arrest, in accordance to police information supplied by the lawyer. It was unclear no matter whether they experienced lawyers.

Frisco police declined to present specifics about the situation, citing an ongoing investigation. Scott and McRoberts remained in custody Thursday, jail documents confirmed.

In a assertion, Clark claimed Lyft should have completed far more to safeguard the protection of 1 of its motorists, including that the man who was arrested experienced a felony history.

“An assault like this is the finest panic of each individual hardworking driver trying to eke out a living on Lyft Inc.’s billion-dollar platform,” Clark stated.

Watson is now nervous about health care expenses similar to his treatment, which incorporated CT scans of the chest, head and cervical spine, Clark reported.

A Lyft spokesperson claimed the passenger who booked the experience has been barred from utilizing the services, and that the company has attained out to Watson to provide aid.

“The actions described is unacceptable and has no place on the Lyft system,” the spokesperson explained.