PALM BAY, Fla. – A Lyft driver who accidentally picked up the wrong passenger from a bar was attacked, placed in a chokehold, called racial slurs and had his phone smashed, according to the Palm Bay Police Department.Police said the victim picked up Jeremy Reighard from The Wet Spot on Dixie Highway around 1 a.m.
Monday and the trip was going fine until the driver got a call that he had picked up the wrong passenger and made a U-turn to drop Reighard back off at the bar.That’s when police said Reighard started threatening the driver.