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When a Rideshare Driver Kills His Passengers — Your Rights in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan You called a Lyft. That is what you did. You trusted a company that promised safety, that vetted its drivers, that put its name on the app and the car and the entire experience — and now someone you love is gone, killed by the very person who was supposed to drive them safely to their destination. If you are reading this at two in the morning, staring at a phone screen with a grief you cannot yet fully feel because the shock has not broken — we are talking to you. Not to the internet. To you. A Lyft driver in Detroit has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder after allegedly driving more than 90 miles per hour for approximately ten miles through city streets, disregarding traffic signals the entire way, and slamming into a warehouse building on Rosa Parks Boulevard without ever touching the brake. His passengers — a married couple from North Carolina, in Detroit for a religious event — were killed. The driver then allegedly fled on foot. He was found hiding in another vehicle by a bystander who…