At least 50 US gig workers murdered or killed since 2017 – study

Activists say companies like Lyft and Uber try to protect their bottom line by offloading risk' on to workers

On a Sunday afternoon in August 2021, the Lyft driver Isabella Lewis was shot in the head by a passenger she had just picked up and left for dead as the man sped off in what appeared to be a fatal carjacking.

Lyft released a statement to the press at the time saying it was heartbroken by this incident" - but Allyssa Lewis, Isabella's sister, said her family had never received direct communication from the company, nor any financial compensation.