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This Uber ride ended with an arrest after the rider attacked his driver and stole his car.

(Jeff Chiu/Associated Press)

Collin Michael Lyle

An intoxicated Uber rider was arrested Saturday after he stole his driver's car and crashed it in Tigard, police said.

On Saturday night, an Uber driver picked up 31-year-old Collin Lyle from a Portland location, the driver told police later.

According to a statement from Tigard Police, the driver said Lyle was intoxicated, and as they drove to their destination in Tigard, Lyle started to abuse the driver, first verbally, and then physically.

When Lyle began to interfere with his ability to control the vehicle, the driver turned into the 7-Eleven at 12045 SW Hall Blvd. in Tigard to get help, he said.

But when the driver was inside, Lyle drove off in his car, police said. Witnesses later told police that Lyle drove over a curb and down a dirt slope as he left the parking lot.

Around 11:20 p.m., Tigard Police received a call that Lyle had stolen the vehicle. Minutes later, police arrived at the intersection of Sattler and Parkland streets, where Lyle had crashed the car into a curb nearby, police said.

Evidence at the scene led them to a nearby home where they found Lyle and arrested him. Lyle was charged with DUII, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, reckless endangering and intimidation. He was lodged in the Washington County Jail.

The Uber driver was not injured, police said.

-- Anna Marum

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