An ex-staffer for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was killed by a passing car after getting kicked out of his Lyft ride on a Delaware highway, multiple reports say.
Sid Wolf, 43, was traveling with five friends from Dewey Beach to Bethany Beach on Delaware’s Coastal Highway in the early hours of Sunday morning when the accident took place, WJLA reported.
The group got into an argument with their Lyft driver while driving on the highway, prompting the driver to stop abruptly in the middle of a left lane and order them out, Delaware State Police said in a press release on Sunday. The police did not say what the dispute was about.
A car behind the Lyft had switched lanes to avoid a collision, but did not see that Wolf had gotten out of the car, the police said. Wolf was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is unclear whether the part of the highway where the Lyft driver stopped had any pedestrian lanes. The other five passengers were not injured after leaving the Lyft, the police said.
The Lyft vehicle immediately fled the scene, while the other driver, an unidentified 27-year-old male, stopped and cooperated with authorities, the police said.
Authorities said the Lyft operator had yet not been identified.
Lyft does not appear to have a policy on whether drivers can prematurely terminating rides. The company did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Cuomo confirmed the news reports that Wolf used to work for him, tweeting on Tuesday: “Shocked & saddened to hear this tragic news. Sid was a phenomenal public servant who worked relentlessly for the betterment of all NY’ers. My heart goes out to Lindsey & his two young daughters.”
Shocked & saddened to hear this tragic news. Sid was a phenomenal public servant who worked relentlessly for the betterment of all NY’ers
— Andrew Cuomo (@andrewcuomo) July 26, 2022
My heart goes out to Lindsey & his two young daughters
Gov Cuomo staffer killed after being ordered out of Lyft https://t.co/ODiGaWRez3
A spokesperson for Cuomo did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
Wolf had a wife and two daughters, Fox 5 reported.
“The level of shock and pain we feel right now cannot be measured as we continue to grieve,” his family told Fox 5 in a statement. “We truly appreciate the outpouring of love and support we’ve received and kindly request that the family’s privacy is respected as we move through this process.”
A GoFundMe for the family has raised more than $58,000 at the time of writing.
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This family should sue Lyft for every cent they have.
That’s B.S. he had to have been causing problems or the driver would not have had him and the others to leave. Did he not have sense enough to look for traffic or was he drunk? He was probably not very intelligent if he worked for the killer of elder patients in nursing home. Have to have a reason for the driver to kick all of them out. He was probably concerned for his safety if they were fighting or doing something else. Let’s find out the facts before they decide to sue. Like the facts in the Rittenhouse case.
I don’t fault the driver, 5 drunk folks UberLiberal at that,Going from one beach party to another,,Can’t blame the driver.
Typical of snobby, elitist politicians, starting an argument, five against one; you leftists are a trip; unfortunately this one ended in a deadly manner – God be with him!