70-year-old Uber driver brutally beaten by passenger in Los Angeles [Video]

An Uber driver from Southern California is looking to spread the word on the potential risks associated with being a rideshare driver after he was violently assaulted by a passenger over the weekend.

The driver, 70-year-old Peter McNulty, told KTLA that he comes to the L.A. area from his home in the Antelope Valley on the weekends since there is a higher concentration of riders.

It was business as usual on Saturday night and early Sunday morning as he picked up a man who had requested a ride on Lankershim Boulevard around 12:45 a.m. Sunday.

“He was very adamant about the address that he was going to and how quickly he needed to be there,” McNulty said.

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The passenger’s destination, McNulty claimed, was the corner of La Brea Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. When they arrived there shortly after 1 a.m., McNulty told …