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Banyule-Nillumbik Crime Investigation Unit detectives have charged two teenagers following the alleged assault of a rideshare driver in Lower Plenty. Police allege a 39-year-old Doncaster man accepted a rideshare booking from Warrandyte before cancelling the trip shortly afterwards. After the four passengers exited the vehicle on Main Road, two of the youths allegedly assaulted the driver before fleeing the scene. The victim sustained a broken nose, facial swelling and bruising, requiring hospital treatment. 

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