Lyft driver Drew Wajnert is unable to walk after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while on the job. But Lyft dropped an insurance policy during the pandemic
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Lyft driver Drew Wajnert is unable to walk after being hit by a suspected drunk driver while on the job.
But Lyft dropped an insurance policy during the pandemic that may have covered his medical bills.
One expert told Insider Lyft s insurance, even with that policy when it was in effect, falls far short of what traditional employers must provide.
Shortly before 9 p.m. on March 2, in Lakewood, Colorado, Drew Wajnert was rear-ended by a suspected drunk driver who was allegedly going 85 mph, sending his car slamming into the median and fracturing his spine. When he came up to me and asked me how I was, Wajnert told Insider, What he may have not seen was, not only did he rear-end me at 85 miles an hour, but I spun into the concrete divider at 50 miles an hour, and then spun to the shoulder to a dead stop.