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"How could you just abandon somebody like that knowing good and well that I was not in the right spot?" Kamille Richardson asked.

'How could you just abandon somebody like that?': Blind Raleigh woman stranded by Uber driver at wrong location

<p>KNOW BACK TO YOU. &gt;&gt; THE LATE ANNA LEE LIVE IN CARY, THANK YOU, WILLIE. &gt;&gt; A RALEIGH WOMAN WHO IS BLIND WAS PUT IN A FRIGHTENING SITUATION OVER THE WEEKEND. SHE SAYS AN UBER DRIVER DROPPED HER OFF AT THE WRONG LOCATION AND THEN DROVE AWAY THE BUREAU. SHAUN GALLAGHER SPOKE TO THE WOMAN TODAY AND JOINS US LIVE. JOHN, THIS WOULD BE FRIGHTENING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR SITE. &gt;&gt; YEAH, THAT'S FOR SURE. GERALDTON FOR THIS WOMAN. CAMILLE RICHARDSON, IT HAS FOR QUESTIONING EVERYTHING. SHE PUTS A LOT OF FAITH IN PEOPLE TO HELP HER GET WHERE SHE NEEDS TO GO. THAT'S WHY WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO GET TO THIS VERIZON STORE YESTERDAY AND UBER DRIVER TOLD HER THEY WERE HERE. SHE HAD SOME QUESTIONS. &gt;&gt; AS A BLIND WOMAN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUTE RICHARDSON TO BE ABLE TO DO THINGS ON HER OWN. IT LIKE GETTING THE MAIL BLIND SINCE BIRTH. SHE'S HANDLED EVERYTHING. LIFE HAS THROWN HER WAY WITH ONE EXCEPTION &gt;&gt; I WAS THE ONLY THING I CAN NOT DO IS DRIVE FOR THAT. SHE RELIES ON RIDE SHARING SERVICES LIKE UBER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHE REQUESTED AN UBER TO THE VERIZON STORE. RICHARDSON SAYS SHE HAS AN OWNER PROFILE THAT SHE'S BLIND. ALSO, I HAVE A WHITE CANE. &gt;&gt; SO IT ALSO LETS PEOPLE KNOW THAT I AM BLIND. THE DRIVER WALKED HER TO A DOOR, BUT SHE KNEW SOMETHING WASN'T RIGHT. &gt;&gt; AND HE SAYS, OK, WE'RE HERE. WEATHER HAS IN STORE INSTEAD OF BEING DROPPED OFF AT THE VERIZON STORE, RICHARDSON WAS AT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. IT'S MORE THAN A MILE NORTH OF WHERE SHE EXPECTED. &gt;&gt; I SAY THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE AND HE SAYS. I HAVE SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO PICK UP AT THE AIRPORT AND TAKES OFF. &gt;&gt; AND RUNS AWAY. LEAVING RICHARDSON ALL ALONE, ESSENTIALLY THE DARK. I WAS NEAR. &gt;&gt; I DIDN'T KNOW THE VICINITY. &gt;&gt; HE HAS DROPPED ME AND RAN AWAY. IT'S JARRING. IT'S TERRIFYING TO THE MIND. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. &gt;&gt; WHEN FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE BEEN PLACED IN A VULNERABLE SITUATION, IT HAPPENS EVERY DAY OUT ON SPROUL MS. RICHARDSON'S ATTORNEY. SHE SAYS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR UBER TO MAKE CHANGES TO NOT PUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN VULNERABLE POSITIONS. HOW COULD YOU JUST ABANDON SOMEBODY LIKE THAT? KNOWING? &gt;&gt; GOOD AND WILL THAT WAS NOT IN THE RIGHT SPOT. &gt;&gt; I REACHED OUT TO UBER FOR COMMENT, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT RESPONSE AND RICHARDSON TELLS ME SHE HAD PLANS TO GO OUT OF TOWN TODAY, BUT SHE PUSHED THAT BACK BECAUSE SHELL, SHE'S JUST NOT READY TO HOP BACK IN AN UBER QUITE YET. YOU KNOW, FOR A WOMAN WHO WAS SO INDEPENDENT, DESPITE HER, HER BLINDNESS, AS YOU HEAD TO FELT HELPLESS IN THAT SITUATION, YOU REALLY</p>

Uber driver leaves blind passenger abandoned more than a mile away from destination

Uber driver abandons blind passenger more than a mile away from destination

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Brandon Eno faces charges in two deadly shootings that both occurred Saturday in Durham. Records show Jennifer Faith Eno, one of the people killed, married Brandon Eno in 2011.



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