Car belonging to missing Florida Lyft driver found in North Carolina after chase, officials say

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, N.C. – The automobile belonging to a lacking 74-year-old Lyft driver from Florida has been present in North Carolina after a high-speed chase, based on officers.

South Florida authorities shared on social media Thursday that nobody has been in a position to attain Gary Levin since Jan. 20. His car, a purple 2022 Kia Stinger had final been seen in Gainesville on Wednesday.

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Authorities instructed WLOS in North Carolina, nonetheless, that his car was concerned in a high-speed chase that resulted in a crash.

Based on police, the motive force of the car, Matthew Scott Flores, is accused in a murder case and fled from authorities in Florida. A North Carolina State Freeway Patrol trooper mentioned Flores took police on a chase via a number of counties.

WPEC in West Palm Seashore mentioned the household confirmed that the car belonged to the lacking man.

Members of the family instructed West Palm Seashore ABC affiliate WPBF that the case simply “doesn’t add up,” they usually don’t know who was driving the automobile when it was noticed in Gainesville this week.

“Lyft mentioned at this level, they’ll solely share that he was energetic on the app at 1:22 p.m. At that time… they gained’t inform us, did he decide somebody up? Did he drop somebody off? We don’t know who this individual is,” Levin’s daughter, Lindsay DiBetta, instructed WPBF.

Based on WPEC, Lyft instructed the lacking driver’s household that he picked up a fare in in Delray Seashore with a scheduled drop off in Okeechobee at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 30.

Anybody with info on Levin’s whereabouts is urged to contact police at 561-799-4445.

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