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A woman was filmed pepper-spraying a rideshare driver in July after she asked him to let her and her friends out of the vehicle.
New York City police say the incident occurred in the Bronx just before 5am on July 8 after the 23-year-old driver told the women they piled too many people into the car, and they needed to hitch another ride.
But surveillance video shows the driver continued to speed through the neighborhood as the women begged him to let them out and stop the car, before they became physical.
The video, released by the New York Police Department on Tuesday, shows at least one woman sitting on the rear passenger side asking the driver to ‘open up the door.’
Soon, the other three women begin to adamantly ask the driver to ‘stop the car,’ seemingly begging the man as he continues to speed through the neighborhood.
‘Stop the car, stop the f****** car,’ one of the women says, but he continues to drive past cars as one of them begs: ‘Stop the car you dumba***.’
Another woman is seen grasping the headrest of the passenger seat as the driver continues to move, leading one of the passengers to say she would report the incident to the unspecified rideshare company.
At one point, the woman behind the passenger tells the driver, ‘Yo I’m about to spray,’ before she apparently did just that.
Eventually, one of the passengers tells her friends: ‘Everybody get out, everybody get out.’
Surveillance footage from inside a rideshare showed the moment a 23-year-old male driver was pepper sprayed by a female passenger on July 8 shortly before 5am
Throughout the video, four women sitting in the backseat could be heard begging the driver to stop and let them out, with one seen clutching the back of the passengers side headrest
The video begins with the woman who would later pepper spray him, left, asking the driver to ‘open up the door’
The woman behind the passenger seat then sprays the driver again.
Police say that when the driver ultimately pulled over at the intersection of Melrose Avenue and East 158th Street in the Bronx at around 4:55am, one of the women punched him off-camera.
They then allegedly stole the drivers cellphone before they took off.
DailyMail.com has now reached out to representatives at Uber and Lyft for more information about the incident.
In the meantime, police are continuing to search for the four women involved in the altercation, and are asking anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1 (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.
The video comes just weeks after another NYC cab driver was brutally beaten by a group of teenage girls after they jumped out of his taxi without paying.
The incident comes just weeks after surveillance footage showed a group of teenage girls beating up 52-year-old Kutin Gyimah
The driver, seen in red, was completely powerless to defend himself during the attack
When Gyimah was able to get back his feet, one of the men whacked him in the head, sending him flying to the ground
Horrific footage of the attack showed 52-year-old Kutin Gyimah being attacked by five passengers, who investigators said refused to pay their fare and tried to rob the man on August 13.
It shows how each of the five suspects appeared to take turns striking the man who was powerful to defend himself.
At one point, Gyimah even raised his arms to protect himself from the brutal ambush in Far Rockaway, as the group continued their onslaught.
When Gyimah was able to get back his feet, one of the men whacked him in the head, sending him flying to the ground.
He then fell backwards and smashed his head on the ground as the five suspects were filmed strolling away from the scene, smiling to themselves.
The victim suffered severe head trauma during the violent exchange and later succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital.
Gymiah, a father of two, succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital later that day
Two teenage girls turned themselves in to authorities for the beating last week, and were charged with gang assault and theft of services.
Police identified Austin Amos, 20, of Queens, as one of the suspects wanted in connection with Gyimah’s murder
Neither of the two girls, ages 13 and 15, were named because they are minors, but authorities say a third girl, believed to be 16, is still at large.
Police claim the girls helped two men, Austin Amos, 20, and Nickolas Porter, 20, beat-up Gyimah after they jumped out of his cab without paying.
Amos and Porter were both charged with gang assault and theft charges over the killing. Amos was also handed a manslaughter charge.
The two men also turned themselves in at the 101st Precinct last week after a plea for information was put out by the NYPD.
Amos has six prior arrests, including robbery, criminal mischief, criminal contempt and sexual misconduct.
Meanwhile, crime is only escalating in the Big Apple — with overall crimes up more than 35 percent from the same time last year.
Driving the increase is a nearly 40 percent uptick in the number of robberies, with more 11,000 reported so far in 2022 compared to just about 8,000 reported at the same time last year.
Assaults like the ones against the cab drivers are also up nearly 19 percent, with over 17,200 cases reported so far this year.
And rape cases are up nearly 9 percent.