PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — An Uber driver says he is grateful to be alive after suddenly coming under gunfire seconds after he picked up passengers in Philadelphia’s Holmesburg section Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Police said the shooting happened at around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Torresdale and Shelmire avenues.<\/p>\n
The Uber driver, who did not want to be identified, said he was instantly confused and went into survival mode as he tried to get away.<\/p>\n
“Grateful to be alive. I thought the passengers lit off a firework. It happened so quickly and the gunshots were very rapid,” the driver said.<\/p>\n
That’s when he said he heard one of the passengers say, “I’m shot.”<\/p>\n
“One of the people in the back was like, ‘I’m shot,’ and I knew I was full of adrenaline and didn’t know I wasn’t shot and I had blood on my arm,” the driver recalled.<\/p>\n
The Uber driver said he was cut by shattered glass from the passenger window, and said he quickly looked up the nearest hospital on the GPS during the chaos.<\/p>\n
He was able to drive to Nazareth Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia.<\/p>\n
That’s where the driver saw all of the bullets in the side of his car and said he expects to be shaken up for quite some time.<\/p>\n
“I’m a new Uber driver and I prefer working late nights, and I think this is going to be my last night of working Uber,” the driver said.<\/p>\n
Action News has learned from police that a 34-year-old man was shot in the leg when someone fired at least 14 shots at the car. That victim is said to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n
Detectives are working to determine what led to the shooting and who is responsible.<\/p>\n
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