SASCHA WIL­SON

A woman and three men pre­tend­ing to be pas­sen­gers robbed a PH dri­ver of his ve­hi­cle, mon­ey, and cell phone.

Steve King, 66, was ply­ing his white Nis­san AD wag­on for hire along Har­ris Prom­e­nade, San Fer­nan­do, around 10:30 pm on Thurs­day, when he picked up a woman and three men.

The woman sat in the front seat and asked to be tak­en to Pe­nal.

When they got to Food Bas­ket Gro­cery in Pe­nal, the woman asked King to take them to Lowkie Trace to col­lect some items from some­one.

King turned on­to Lowkie Trace and as they head­ed to­wards the end of the road, the woman asked him to stop the wag­on be­cause she want­ed to uri­nate on the side of the road.

She came out of the ve­hi­cle along with the men. One of the sus­pects ac­cost­ed the dri­ver and an­nounced a hold-up.

Fear­ful for his life, he com­plied when the sus­pects or­dered him out of his ve­hi­cle.

They robbed King of his black Dig­i­cel cell­phone, his wal­let con­tain­ing $45, his iden­ti­fi­ca­tion card and dri­ver's per­mit, as well as $200 from his shirt pock­et.

The fe­male and male sus­pects then got back in­to King’s ve­hi­cle val­ued at $35,000 and sped off, leav­ing him be­hind.

King then walked to a near­by house and asked the res­i­dent for a phone to call the po­lice.

Pe­nal po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing.