A rumor about a possible Uber-related abduction Monday has been cleared as a misunderstanding, according to IUPD Capt. Craig Munroe.
A screenshot of a GroupMe message started circulating around noon Monday describing the event. In it, a woman wrote she was almost abducted Monday morning by a man in a red Hyundai she believed to be her Uber driver.
The man called her by name, and she got in, she wrote in the message. She also wrote she knew something was wrong when they pulled away from her residence and she saw the correct car that was supposed to be her Uber. The two men looked at each other and signaled to each other, she wrote.
When the driver turned the car the wrong way, she told him he was going in the wrong direction and he ignored her, she wrote.
When the driver stopped at a stop sign she unlocked the door, ran away and reported the incident to the police, she wrote.
IUPD investigated the situation and found that it was a misunderstanding. The department also posted about the miscommunication on Facebook.
Two women with the same name ordered Ubers to the same location, and one of the women entered the wrong vehicle, Munroe said. There was no abduction.
