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Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car
Authorities: Airport Uber Imposter Drags Palisades Park Woman, 65, With Car A phony Uber driver dragged a 65-year-old Palisades Park woman with his car, injuring her, after driving her home from Newark Airport, said authorities who arrested him Friday. The victim had just gotten off a plane on Aug. 7 when Wilson Gomez approached her at the airport carrying an Uber sign, police said. She accepted the offer even though she hadn't booked a ride with him through the popular ridesharing app, Capt. Anthony Muccio said. After negotiating a fare on the way to Palisades Park, the woman told police, she began to suspect something was up. So she called her son on her cellph…

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by Jerry DeMarco