Ride-hailing driver in SF stabbed in neck during gunpoint robbery

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A ride-hailing driver was cut in the neck with a knife and robbed at gunpoint at a Mission District intersection Wednesday night, police said.

The victim, a 35-year-old man driving for an unspecified ride-hailing service, was confronted at 21st Street and South Van Ness Avenue by two men who jumped in front of his car, according to the San Francisco Police Department.

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One suspect pointed a gun at the victim while the other suspect carried a knife to rob the driver of cash and a phone, police said.

The victim was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and blows to the head. The suspects fled the scene and have not been apprehended.

Steve Rubenstein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: srubenstein@sfchronicle.com