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A Lyft driver was booted from the ride-sharing app for kicking a blind man — and his guide dog — out of his car, according to a report.

Charles Massey said he ordered a Lyft on April 6 in Grand Terrace, Calif., to pick him up with his pooch named Jedi — but the driver didn’t want to give the pair a ride, news station KCBS reported.

When the car arrived, Massey climbed into the vehicle, along with his 8-year-old yellow lab, and closed the door, according to the station.

The unidentified driver, however, reportedly demanded they leave because he didn’t want Jedi to damage the leather seats.

“So I put Jedi on the floor and he still wasn’t happy and he says I’ve got to get out of the car,” Massey told KCBS.

When Massey protested, the driver called 911 on him for refusing to get out of the car.

The officer who responded to the scene then took Massey and his service dog home, KCBS reported.

Lyft banned the driver following the incident — but Massey said the incident has made him hesitant to use ride-sharing apps.

“It’s not what I feel at that time,” Massey said. “It’s what I feel the next time I call for a ride because I’m thinking, ‘Oh God.'”

The company released a statement saying all drivers are required to accommodate service animals.

“Any form of discrimination on our platform is simply unacceptable,” a spokesperson said. “Lyft has a strict Service Animal policy that requires all drivers to accommodate passengers traveling with service animals, and we take any allegation of this nature very seriously,”

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