A St. John’s Uber driver who says he was assaulted by a passenger is frustrated with police and Uber Canada in his attempts to get accountability.
Gary Noftall says he picked up a man from a McDonald’s in the west end of St. John’s on June 22 around 1 a.m. NT and drove him to the George Street bar district.
“He explained that he was in a big hurry to get downtown,” Noftall said.
Noftall, who was the first person to drive for Uber at its launch in the province in April, says he was taking a route through the city that the Uber app determined but the passenger got agitated.
“At every single light, …