Responding officers found the 34-year-old rideshare driver unresponsive and slumped over in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound to the head, police say.
The driver was transported to Temple University Hospital, where he is in extremely critical condition, according to authorities.
Chief Inspector Scott Small told FOX 29 the rideshare driver was going westbound on the 1300 block of Lehigh Avenue after picking up an 18-year-old female passenger a few blocks away. Officials say the passenger told detectives she heard about five or six gunshots before the vehicle's windshield broke, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle, jump the curb and crash. Small says the passenger is extremely lucky she was not also struck by gunfire. Investigators do not know if the rideshare driver was targeted or was struck by stray gunfire, Small says.
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