An Uber ride in Brisbane took a horrifying turn when a driver allegedly threw hot coffee on a passenger during a heated argument, leaving one woman reportedly hospitalized with severe burns.
The incident happened in Fortitude Valley, a busy nightlife area in Brisbane, Australia, and video of the confrontation has since been spreading on social media.
According to the viral clip and details shared in the post, the dispute began after two women got into the Uber and the driver allegedly demanded that they cancel the trip.
It is not clear what happened before the recording started, but the video shows the driver telling the women to get out of his car. At one point, he can be heard using abusive language toward one of them.
One of the women said she had asked the driver to cancel the trip himself, while the driver appeared to insist that the passengers needed to cancel it instead.
The argument quickly got worse.
“I am telling you one more time, otherwise I’m going to throw coffee on you,” the driver warned in the video.
The women appeared shocked by the threat. One of them pushed back, explaining that she did not want to cancel the ride because she said she had been “stung before.”
“We just asked you to cancel the trip,” she said. “I said I’m not cancelling the trip because I’ve been stung before. Was it that hard?”
As tensions rose, the woman recording the video questioned why the driver accepted the ride in the first place if he did not want to take them.
Moments later, the situation appeared to explode.
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The driver allegedly threw or poured hot coffee on one of the women, prompting immediate screams from inside the vehicle.
“You just threw coffee at her!” the woman filming shouted.
The driver then appeared to realize how serious the situation had become and began apologizing repeatedly.
“OK, OK, OK,” he said. “I am sorry. I am sorry, I am sorry, I am sorry.”
The video ended as the women continued screaming in shock.
According to the social media post, one of the passengers was later hospitalized with severe burns. The full extent of her injuries has not been confirmed.
Uber told News Australia that it is investigating the incident.
“Behaviour that violates our community guidelines has no place on the Uber platform and we are currently investigating this matter,” the company said in a statement.
Uber is reportedly working to gather more information from both the driver and the passengers.
It is not yet clear whether police are investigating the incident, whether any arrests will be made or whether the women plan to take legal action.
For now, the disturbing video has sparked outrage online, with many viewers stunned that a dispute over canceling a ride allegedly escalated into a passenger being burned with hot coffee.
Figures it would be an Indian. Why all these foreigners keep invading other countries? Stay in your own country and stop invading other countries.
Awesome!!
I love stories like this!!!!