Uber guy in subway suicide

Had growing debts

An Uber driver threw himself in front of a Manhattan subway train last week, the seventh hack — and first to work for the taxi app — to commit suicide in just under a year.

Fausto Luna jumped in front of an oncoming A train at the 175th Street and Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights on Monday, authorities said.

Luna, 58, of Washington Heights, was saddled with mounting debt and had become depressed about the money he owed, industry sources told The Post on Saturday. It was not clear why he racked up so much debt, the sources said.

Luna, originally from the Dominican Republic, lived around 20 years only about a block-and-a-half from where he died, a neighbor said on Saturday, as another man left a bouquet of white flowers by his doorstep. “To offer condolences,” the person said, before walking off.

Uber said Luna had worked for the company since 2013, and called him a highly rated driver with consistent earnings, who owned his vehicle — which was paid for in full.

“We are devastated by this news and our deepest sympathies go to Mr. Luna’s family and loved ones during this difficult time,” said Uber spokeswoman Alix Anfang.

Over the summer, Mayor de Blasio signed into law a first-of-its-kind, one-year cap on e-hail cars, including Uber and Lyft vehicles.

The City Council, in a 39-6 vote, approved a oneyear moratorium on the issuance of new for-hire-vehicle licenses while it studies the impact that the rapidly growing industry is having on the city.

Those new regulations also come on the heels of six recent driver suicides — mainly by yellow cabbies who said Uber’s unchecked expansion led to their own financial ruin.