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Uber Driver Fatally Runs Over Man On UES

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Rebecca Fishbein

Published Jan 6, 2015

Modified Jan 6, 2015

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The SUV driver who fatally struck 27-year-old Wesley Mensing on Saturday was affiliated with Uber, according to officials with the ride-hailing service.

Streetsblog reports that driver Aliou Diallo, who killed Mensing and injured girlfriend Erin Sauchelli while they crossed East 62nd Street at Lexington Avenue on Saturday evening, was an UberBLACK driver who operated out of the company's Schmecken base. Per a statement from Uber:

Our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with the families and loved ones of those involved in this tragic accident,” Uber told us in a statement. “We are providing the NYPD all information that can assist in their investigation.

Here is what we know at this time:

The driver is affiliated with Uber NYC through our Schmecken base as an UberBLACK partner.
The driver is commercially licensed by the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) and holds a commercial insurance policy in line with TLC and NY DMV requirements. According to the TLC’s data on license suspensions and revocations, the driver’s licensing is valid and active.
The driver remained at the scene of the accident to assist authorities in their investigation. He was not charged with a criminal offense or taken into custody. As the investigation continues, the driver’s access to the Uber platform has been suspended.
The driver had accepted a trip and was en route to pick up his customers at the time of the accident and he did not have any passengers in the car. He has completed 1,296 trips on the Uber platform and has a 4.86 out of 5 star rating.

Upon learning of the accident through media on January 3, 2015, Uber representatives immediately reached out to the NYPD to offer assistance.

Though Diallo was initially issued a ticket for driving without a license, the Post reports that this was a clerical error, and his ticket was dismissed yesterday. TLC spokesperson Allan Fromberg told us in a statement that his cabbie license "has been suspended, pending our review of the circumstances specific to the status of his NYS license."

Mensing was a professional golf instructor who resided in New Jersey. "He was just a class act,” Scott Paris, director of golf at the Plainfield Country Club where Mensing worked, told the Daily News. "We’re stunned. We’re saddened. It’s really tough for the whole Plainfield Country Club family." Sauchelli sustained a leg and head injury, and was listed in stable condition at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Saturday.

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