How to get the player's character from a VehicleSeat using a Touched() event?

local debounce = false

local leave = script.Parent.CloseHitBox
local stop = script.Parent.OpenHitBox
local returner = script.Parent.ReturnHitBox
 function close()
    print("Close")
end

function open()
    print("Open")
end
stop.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    if hit:IsA("VehicleSeat") and debounce == false then
        debounce = true
        local player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
        if player ~= nil then
            player.leaderstats.Money = player.leaderstats.Money - 10 
        end
        wait(1)
        open()
        returner.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
            if hit:IsA("VehicleSeat") and debounce == true then
                debounce = false
                close()
            end
        end)
        leave.TouchEnded:Connect(function(hit)
            if hit:IsA("VehicleSeat") and debounce == true then
                debounce = false
                close()
            end
        end)
    end    
end)

I am trying to get the leaderstats.Money integer value from the player's character, but it only returns an "unable to define an index value"

Do I need to get the seatweld of the player for the seat and how do I do this if so?

use a loop to loop all the players and then paste all your code inside it

if its a local script then do

locala plr =  game.Players.LocalPlayer

i use looping on server sided so all players are looped through

inside the touched event is where you put the loop tho

The previous answer is poorly worded, and a bad answer in general [Ferbi's answer]. As a comment stated, you would need to use Seat.Occupant, which returns the Humanoid Instance (if there is one). The character would simply be Humanoid.Parent. Example:

local h = script.Parent.Occupant;
local char = h.Parent;
print(char.Name, "is sitting on the seat.");

You can learn more about Occupant here.

.Touched is possible, but is a bad alternative.