Veteran, 75, in Coma After Allegedly Being Punched by DoorDash Driver for Telling Him to Slow Down in Neighborhood

Lloyd Poole’s family claims the delivery driver punched the 75-year-old “right in the side of the head”

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  • A 75-year-old veteran, Lloyd Poole, is in a coma after allegedly being punched by a DoorDash driver for telling him to slow down in his Michigan neighborhood
  • Poole’s family claims the delivery driver punched him “right in the side of the head”
  • The DoorDash driver, 40-year-old Ryan Turner, has been charged with aggravated assault

A 75-year-old veteran remains hospitalized in a coma after allegedly being punched by a DoorDash driver for telling him to slow down in his Michigan neighborhood.

Veteran Lloyd Poole’s daughter, Jen Shaw, alleged to local outlet WXYZ that the 75-year-old walked out of his driveway in Wixom on Sunday, Dec. 28, to tell the delivery driver — identified by Wixom Police as Ryan Turner, 40 — that he believed he was going too fast.

That’s when Turner physically assaulted Poole, Shaw alleged…

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