Cab driver dies after being stabbed in eye with umbrella

The search continued Friday for two people wanted in connection with the gruesome stabbing death of a livery cab driver in Brooklyn.

Uro Ama Orji, 54, was stabbed in the eye with an umbrella in Brownsville on Thursday, police said.

After he was wounded, detectives said the cab jumped the curb and crashed into two parked sport-utility vehicles at Lott Avenue and Boyland Street at about 5:30 p.m., CBS 2 reported.

Orji, a Nigerian immigrant living in Queens, was taken to Brookdale Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Investigators said they are looking for a man and woman — who were passengers in the cab — seen running from the scene, CBS 2 reported.

A video showed the man getting out of the cab, opening the front door of the vehicle and stabbing Orji with an umbrella, 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported.

“It’s clearly on that video. You have a female and male, and the male runs — the young lady walking away, perhaps guilt got the best of her,” community advisor Tony Herbert told CBS 2′s John Slattery.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

The New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers is offering a $3,000 reward; the group 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care is offering another $2,000.

Orji was the father of five children and had come from Nigeria 10 years ago to start a better life for his family. His children, who range in age from 13 to 22, arrived from Nigeria in December.

His sister-in-law, Chinedum Agwu, said he was a good father who was just trying to make ends meet.