A Lyft driver is speaking out after she said a passenger attacked her as she was driving on a San Jose freeway late Monday night.
Silva told NBC Bay Area that she was driving 70 miles an hour, when she suddenly felt the man's arms wrapped around her.Silva added that she remembers the man pinning her so hard against her seat that she was holding the steering wheel with her fingertips, all while trying to park the car and kick the door open to escape.Silva said another driver who picked her up saved her life. She believes the passenger wanted to kill her.
The man in the video was seen exiting on the freeway on 10th Street, ignored several red lights and swerved through city streets until crashing into a light pole.
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