When Austin Lee stepped into a car he hailed through Uber, what he did not know was that the driver was not the one named in the app, a new lawsuit filed in Allegheny County against the rideshare giant alleges.

According to the complaint, Lee—who was using the ride-sharing service last year—thought he would be driven by Tina King, who was signed into the Uber app. But another woman, Linda Bruce, was driving. Lee did not know that fact until after Bruce lost control of the car she was driving, crashed into a tree and Lee got a copy of the police report describing the accident.

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