Gauteng police are investigating the death of an Uber passenger after he was found unresponsive in an e-hailing taxi.
Gauteng police are investigating the death of an Uber passenger after he was found unresponsive in an e-hailing taxi.
According to Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, the man requested an Uber ride from Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg to a hotel in Rosebank on Wednesday.
« It is alleged that on arrival at the hotel, he couldn’t speak or move. The Uber driver called for help and the man was declared dead by paramedics, » Masondo said.
Milpark Hospital could not confirm whether the man was a patient but spokesperson Meggan Saville said: « [The] hospital management has not been informed by the South African Police Service or anyone else of this and is unaware of such an incident.
