New York: Amid growing global uproar against US-based taxi service company Uber, a former driver with the company has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a six-year-old girl when he rammed his car into the family as it was crossing a street last year.

Syed Muzzafar, who was working for Uber in San Francisco, hit Huan Kuang, her 4-year-old son Anthony Liu and six-year- old daughter Sophia Liu as they were crossing the street on December 31 last year. Muzzafar collided his Uber car in the family, seriously injuring Kuang and her son.