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Dash cam video from the victim’s Uber released by cops shows the suspect running down the middle of E. 14th St about 3:05 a.m. Aug. 28.

 

A New York City Uber driver may lose his eye after he was bashed in the face with a cell phone for refusing an illegal street hail in Manhattan.

Gui Ping Han, 45, suffered a detached right retina from the assault. He said Wednesday the injuries have forced him out of work.

Uber driver Gui Ping Han, 45, is pictured after the assault on Saturday.
Uber driver Gui Ping Han, 45, is pictured after the assault on Saturday.

Dash cam video from his car released by police Wednesday shows the suspect, with a bandana covering the lower part of his face, standing in the middle of E. 14th St. near Third Ave. in the East Village about 3:05 a.m. on Aug. 28, just after the attack.

Ping Han, a Chinese immigrant, said the assault was sudden — and another dangerous incident that’s defined his work as an Uber driver.

 
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“My first customer was smoking weed in my car. The smell lingered in my car,” Ping Han said in Mandarin through an interpreter. “I rolled down the window for more ventilation when I’m about to pick up the second customer.”

While Ping Han was stopped at a red light, the suspect waved to get his attention and demanded he give him a ride.

 
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But Ping Han declined. Only yellow medallion taxis are allowed to pick up street hails in New York City, and picking up the passenger at that moment would have violated the rules.

“I was explaining to him that he’s not my customer,” Ping Han said. “Then out of the blue — it happened so fast, I don’t even know when — he punched my right eye.”

Dash cam video from the victim’s Uber released by cops shows the suspect running down the middle of E. 14th St. near Third Ave. in East Village about 3:05 a.m. Aug. 28.
Dash cam video from the victim’s Uber released by cops shows the suspect running down the middle of E. 14th St. near Third Ave. in East Village about 3:05 a.m. Aug. 28. (DCPI)

EMS took Ping Han to New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai, where he was treated and released.

But a month after the attack, he still wears a bandage over his still swollen eye.

“The first hospital suggested me to take the eyeball out,” he said. “I don’t know what will happen.”

Ping Han said he’s unable to drive.

“The doctor told me it’ll take about one month or so for the swollen eyes to go down. It’s uncertain if I can ever see from that eye again,” he said. “If I lost my eyesight, if it’s just one eye, probably not a good idea to drive.”

Uber driver Gui Ping Han, 45, sustained injuries to his right eye when he was struck by an annoyed would-be passenger early Saturday, Sept. 25.
Uber driver Gui Ping Han, 45, sustained injuries to his right eye when he was struck by an annoyed would-be passenger early Saturday, Sept. 25. (Brittany Kriegstein/New York Daily News)

Ping Han is the sole provider for his and his wife’s 22-year-old son, who’s a college student in their native China. “If I became disabled, it would put my family in trouble,” he said.

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