[OAGDU] A Heads Up about a now Hopefully Terminated Lyft Driver

[Richard Payne]

Haylie did you file the report anyway?

 

 

Richard Payne, President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio

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From: OAGDU <oagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Haylie Gallacher via
OAGDU
Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2026 3:34 PM
To: oagdu at nfbnet.org
Cc: Haylie Gallacher <haylieg2780 at gmail.com>
Subject: [OAGDU] A Heads Up about a now Hopefully Terminated Lyft Driver

 

I ordered a Lyft ride at about 12:30 P.M. on August 13th, 2026 to get to an
appointment.  The driver, Khaled, with license plate numberKVA2320 arrived
and as I approached the vehicle and reached for the door handle, the driver
stated no pets.  Even after I stated my dog is a service animal and by law
you cannot refuse me a ride, he stated no pets again.  He violated not only
Lyft's policy, but he violated state and federal law as well.  He clearly
knew I had a service animal as well since I have the optional service animal
notification for drivers enabled.  He had a clear path to proceed forward,
but instead, he intentionally reversed his vehicle and struck me with his
passenger side mirror.  Before I could move myself and my Seeing Eye Dog out
of the way, he did this a second time.  We are okay, but the Warren County
Sherrif department is not going to file charges against this driver even
though this was a hit and run under Ohio law and an assault with a deadly
weapon.

 

Hoping Evelyn's work has recovered from how horrible her work was this past
Thursday.

 

Haylie

 

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