An Uber driver was filmed hitting a 68-year-old passenger in the back of the head in Dallas after he complained about the lack of legroom inside his vehicle, according to a report.
The incident involving Suleman Gauba happened Wednesday in the city’s Design District when he and his wife called an Uber to take them to a local Walmart, according to Fox4 Dallas.
“I can’t sit in the back seat,” Gauba told the station, who reported complaining to the driver about the lack of legroom in the back of the car. “A very small place, you know?”
Gauba told Fox4 Dallas that the driver then informed him he was canceling his trip and asked him to exit the vehicle.
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In this surveillance video obtained by KDFW, an Uber driver is allegedly seen hitting a passenger in Dallas, Texas. (KDFW)
“At that point, my wife told him, ‘I’m calling the cops,'” he said.
Surveillance footage recorded by an area hotel then shows Gauba and the rideshare driver exiting the car at the same time.
As Gauba begins to walk to the back of the car, the driver punches him in the back of the head.
“I was thinking, you know, what happened to me? Why [did] Did he hit me?” Guaba told Fox4 Dallas.
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Suleman Gauba was punched after complaining about the lack of legroom in the back of the Uber, according to Fox4 Dallas. (KDFW)
The Dallas Police Department told Fox News Digital that a preliminary investigation revealed the victim “first entered the vehicle of the suspect, a rideshare driver.”
“The victim and suspect got into an argument and the suspect hit the victim in the head,” police added. “The suspect left the scene.”
As of Saturday, the suspect — who in footage appears to be a black man last seen wearing a red shirt and dark pants — had not been found.
Gauba is seen falling to the ground after being punched Wednesday in Dallas, Texas. (KDFW)
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Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
