Peggy Colas Shocked About Selling Car in Times Square Bomb Plot

(The New York Post) - A 19-year-old Connecticut college student last week sold her Nissan Pathfinder over the internet -- only to learn that it was used in Saturday’s attempted bombing in Times Square, the New York Post reported early Tuesday.

Peggy Colas, of Bridgeport, recalled that the buyer “talked very softly, and he said he was just going to drive around and visit friends in New York,” the young woman’s brother said.

She sold the SUV to the man on April 28 for $1,300. He reportedly paid her in $100 bills.

Later that day, Colas posted a message on her Facebook page that read, “I’m soooo happy I got a new car :).

But by late Sunday, she was clearly upset, posting: “OMG! I HAD A CRAZY DAY ... IT’S OFFICIAL. I HAVE BAD LUCK. SMH I HOPE THEY FIND THAT BASTARD.”

CBS News, without naming Colas, reported that she told investigators the buyer was Middle Eastern or Hispanic.

Colas, a student at Post University in Waterbury, was questioned by federal agents in Bridgeport on Sunday after they traced the SUV to her. She was again questioned Monday.

Arriving back home, she refused to comment to The Post.

“My daughter’s nervous,” her mother said. “She doesn’t want this guy coming after her.”

Source: The New York Post