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Police Offer Tips To Ride-Share Customers After OSU Student Got Into Wrong Car

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published January 21, 2017 at 2:38 AM EST
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Columbus and Ohio State University police are offering safety tips for ride-share consumers after a student apparently got into the wrong car on January 13. Tips include following the vehicle on GPS; making sure the vehicle and driver match the information on the order; and not riding in the front seat. Police say the female student got into a car she thought was the one she ordered. The male driver made unwanted advances toward her and the woman ran to safety. Police received similar reports last September.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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