Vehicle crashes during struggle between carjacking suspect and Uber driver in West Covina

Vehicle crashes during struggle between carjacking suspect and Uber driver in West Covina

Surveillance video shows a vehicle slamming into a pole while a carjacking suspect and victim tussled in the driver's seat, West Covina police said.

Woman struggles to fight off carjacker who asked for a ride in West Covina

A man remains behind bars Thursday after police say he carjacked, kidnapped and assaulted a woman who agreed to give him a ride in West Covina. The woman, who police say is an Uber driver but wasn’t on the clock, agreed to help the man who approached and asked for a ride at a nearby gas station just before midnight on Jan. 27. That’s when things took a turn for the worse. “I was offering him a free ride, I was going to give him the tip that I ha…

Uber driver battles suspect in dramatic carjacking caught on video

A dangerous carjacking attempt of a rideshare driver ended with a crash in the San Gabriel Valley - and the entire ordeal was captured on video. It unfolded at a gas station parking lot in West Covina, east of Los Angeles on Jan. 27. The Uber driver told police that a man on a bicycle approached him and asked for a ride. “After initially declining, the victim agreed to drop the suspect off at a nearby location,” West Covina police said in a soci…

A Uber driver was surprised by a man who tried to steal his vehicle in West Covina and everything was caught on camera. The incident, which occurred on 27 January, reflects the insecurity to which those who agree to transport unknown passengers in their vehicles submit. At the time of the alleged assault, the woman was not working for the platform, however, she agreed to take the suspect to her destination without imagining what her intentions w…

Social media users reported an accident of a private vehicle that collided against a powerline pole. The incident occurred at kilometer 6.5 of the North Troncal road, where it is observed that the car was wrecked on its front. At the scene of the accident came lifeguards to assist the [...] The post Driver crashes into a pole and leaves the vehicle appeared first on Diario Digital Cronio de El Salvador.