A woman has accused an Uber driver of calling her a “black c***” and violently attacking her after a row over multiple drop-offs.
Taleka White, 27, claims she was dragged out of the minicab and punched twice in the incident in Addiscombe, south London, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
She said her face smashed into the ground with the second blow and the man allegedly called her a "stupid black c***" and a "black b****".
Ms White said the driver became angry after there was confusion about where to drop off her friend.
They had agreed to share a cab home from a night out in Croydon town centre on Saturday night.
The man was allegedly polite at first when her friend told him he had missed the turning to her house but then began to verbally attack Ms White when she continued the journey alone.
She told the Evening Standard: "He started to abuse me, saying ‘you stupid black c***, your friend gave me the wrong directions’.
"I sat in the back of the car crying, I wasn’t sure what he was going to do."
Ms White said when they pulled up at her stop, the driver got out to open the door and drag her out.
When he allegedly attacked her, she said she screamed and he fled in his car.
The mother of one was admitted to A&E on Sunday morning with a lump on her head, bruising and a bloodied wrist and knuckles.
The matter has been reported to the police but Scotland Yard has not yet commented.
A spokesman for Uber said: “Violence and discrimination of any kind is unacceptable and is not tolerated by Uber.”
He added: “We're investigating. We cannot comment on individual cases, but it’s our policy to suspend partners after serious incidents while we investigate.”
