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A 78-year-old woman was yanked out of an Access-A-Ride car onto a Brooklyn street by the driver, who she said tried to steal her phone, cops said.The appalling incident, which was caught on video and posted to Twitter, shows the male driver pulling the woman out of the backseat and closing the car door as she lies on the street trying to fend him off with a cane.The woman had requested the Access-A-Ride vehicle to take her to a physical therapy appointment, ABC7 reported, citing police.However, the woman said she noticed that the driver went past the drop-off point and claimed he refused to let her out of the vehicle, police told the station.The pair got into an argument that ended with the driver ripping her out of the car by the leg at about 3:30 p.m. on East 35th Avenue near the corner of Avenue N in Marine Park, the report said.