Rite Aid manager robbed while transporting $32K cash in an Uber: Philadelphia police
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A Philadelphia Rite Aid store manager was robbed this week after she ordered an Uber to transport a $32,000 cash deposit for the business, police said.
The woman, who manages the Rite Aid at 74th and Ogontz avenues, ordered the Uber ride Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
She was in the Uber driver's car around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday when it was rear-ended near 72nd and Ogontz avenues, only a few blocks away from the Rite Aid.
Surveillance video released by police shows the moments after the crash. The Uber driver stopped their vehicle and got out to look at the damage. Then two men in ski masks got out of the silver or gray Honda CR-V that struck the Uber, and approached the woman and driver.
Police said the men opened the door to the Uber, snatched the money bag from the Rite Aid manager and got back in their Honda.
The suspects were last seen in the Honda near the intersection of Woolston Avenue and Beverly Road by the Simons Recreation Center.
Police say the suspected robbers' Honda had a paper license plate and a Lyft sticker on the passenger side of the windshield.
The Philadelphia police Northwest Detectives Division is investigating.
CBS News Philadelphia has reached out to Rite Aid for comment and will update if more information becomes available.
More video of the incident is available on the Philadelphia Police Department's YouTube page.
