Uber Driver Ping Han Could Suffer Permanent Blindness In One Eye After Attack In East Village, Wife Says

CBS New York

September 30, 2021

A Uber driving continues to recover Thursday, a month after an attack that could leave him blind in one eye.

Police said it happened after he refused an illegal street hail in the East Village, CBS2’s Thalia Perez reported.

Ping Han said he was supposed to be picking up a passenger when the suspect tried to hail his vehicle. Han refused, but the suspect wouldn’t take no for an answer.

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