Teen Girls Attacked Me, Lyft Driver Says

HERMITAGE, TN — A Lyft driver says an early morning fare turned into terror when a group of teenage girls tried to carjack him at gunpoint.

The driver, who was not identified, told NewsChannel 5 he was hesitant to take the 3 a.m. pick-up, but talked himself into it, thinking it could just be someone headed to the airport for an early morning flight.

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He told the station he picked up three teen girls at a gas station on Lebanon Road and they were headed to the Chimney Top apartments to meet a fourth girl, who got in the car when they arrived.

"And then I said here we are, we're all here and I said are you guys ready to go. And they stalled and then that's when the girl that I picked up last said I'm a need you to effin' get out of the car," he told the station.

He turned around to see her training a gun at him. Rather than give up his car, he sped away with the girls still inside and, according to him, one then began hitting him with a baseball bat. When he told them he was taking them to police, they jumped out of the car.

The driver is OK and said he will continue driving for ride-sharing and he noted he wasn't entirely sure the girls had a well-developed plan, since one of the girls used her phone — and name — to request the ride from the app and gave him a specific address.

Metro Police are investigating.

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