Uber driver pulled over with passenger to help person in crashed car who ended up pulling a gun and robbing them, taking vehicle: Cops

A Colorado Uber driver and his passenger thought they were stopping to help someone who had wrecked his Lexus. Instead, the stranded motorist pulled out a gun and robbed both of them — even taking the driver’s vehicle, cops say.

Reggie Clark, 36, of New Mexico, is facing charges of second-degree kidnapping and aggravated robbery after the Nov. 7 encounter in Colorado Springs, according to local police.

The Uber driver was taking a passenger from the Broadmoor Hotel to the Colorado Springs Airport in a BMW when the driver spotted debris and a wrecked white Lexus along Lake Avenue in the Broadmoor neighborhood, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by local ABC affiliate KRDO…

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