Abbotsford Police in Abbotsford, British Columbia (BC) announced on April 28 that they had arrested William Tickle (38) for assaulting an Uber driver.
According to Aman Sood, the victim’s driver, who told Global News electronic version, on April 18, the passenger who picked him up in Abbotsford got angry at Sood’s route selection and yelled at him.
The drive recorder video showed the suspect hitting Mr. Sood on the head from the back seat while saying “I’m going to kill you.” After Sood pulled over, the suspect began attacking him. Sood then chased the suspect out of the car. The video was widely circulated on the Internet and received a lot of attention.
Mr. Sood said that after the assault, he had constant headaches, pain in his arms and shoulders, and was not working as a driver. Sood and Sussanne Skidmore of the B.C. Federation of Labour are calling on the BC government to change the law so that gig workers are covered when they are injured on the job.