Miller had worked as an Uber driver for more than five years. His family says that’s the kind of Uber driver Miller was. Imagine an Uber driver who bursts into song at a red light, cracks a joke if you’re having a bad day, and goes out of his way to make you smile before your ride is over. His family says they don’t want their brother to be remembered as a victim of a tragic crime but as the funny, enthusiastic, lover of laughs they knew Miller to be. What seems to be a robbery-turned-murder took one of Uber’s top ranked exemplary drivers off the road.įrom the driver’s seat of his car Miller’s goal as an Uber driver was to share positivity with those he drove around North Texas.

This is the city’s first case of its kind according to detectives with the Dallas Police Department. On January 8, he was brutally attacked and killed by a passenger while driving in Dallas. 'I was really looking at it for my own kids,' Neisel said.īut the teacher, who typically takes a summer job to help supplement her income, felt that her professional qualifications made her an ideal candidate to drive for VanGo and decided to apply for a position.Ī typical trip for Neisel is like the one she has done multiple times this week – shuttling a preteen from Carrollton from her home to volleyball camp about 6 miles away.DALLAS - In North Texas a family is grieving after the death of 33-year-old Uber driver Joshua Miller.

Neisel, who has been in education for 21 years, became interested in VanGo last month when she saw a Facebook advertisement for the service. 'You can’t always be in two different places, obviously,' said Gena Neisel, one of the first VanGo drivers in the region. The company notes on its website that 85 percent of its drivers are mothers. The VanGo app, a rideshare system similar to Uber, allows parents to schedule rides for their kids, ages 8 to 18, with drivers who have at least three years’ experience in childcare or education, and who have passed both criminal and driver safety background checks. Parents in North Texas have a new option to help shuttle their kids between home, school, sports, activities and all the other things that today’s often-overscheduled young ones get into – VanGo.

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