Portland Oregon woman leaves apology note and gas money after accidentally stealing car A red Subaru stolen Tuesday night was returned Wednesday, along with a letter saying the theft was a misunderstanding and $30 on the driver’s seat Police told a Portland news station that keys to certain Subarus can work in different cars. Photograph: Gene J. Puskar/AP 
 
 A Portland, Oregon, woman apologized after accidentally stealing a red Subaru on Tuesday night. 
 
 Erin Hatzi, the owner of the Subaru, was aggrieved to find the vehicle missing from her driveway on Wednesday morning. 
 
 Surveillance footage from cameras outside Hatzi’s home showed a woman walk up to the Subaru, unlock it and clamber in. The woman then sat in the car for some time before driving off, quite slowly. 
 
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 Hatzi reported the theft to the police, but on Wednesday afternoon the car was returned, along with a letter saying the theft was a misunderstanding. Hatzi posted a picture of the handwritten note to Facebook on Wednesday. 
 
 “Hello, so sorry I stole your car,�? the note said. 
 
 “I sent my friend with my key to pick up my red Subaru at 7802 SE Woodstock and she came back with your car. 
 
 “I did not see the car until this afternoon and I said, ‘That is not my car.’ 
 
 “There is some cash for gas and I more than apologize for the shock and upset this must have caused you. If you need to speak further with me, I am Bernadett and my number is [Hatzi also blurred this out]. 
 
 “So so sorry for this mistake.�? 
 
 Hatzi’s photo showed the note and $30 – a $10 bill and a $20 bill – on what appeared to be the driver’s seat of the Subaru. 
 
 She told Portland news station KGW that something had appeared amiss in the surveillance footage. 
 
 “We were really confused because it didn’t seem like the normal actions of a car thief,�? Hatzi said. 
 
 “You wouldn’t think they’d sit there in idle in the owner’s driveway for two or three minutes.�? 
 
 Police told KGW that keys to certain Subarus can work in different cars. The Subaru that the accidental thief had intended to collect was parked a block away. 
 
 “It’s insane,�? Hatzi said. 
 
 “It’s like a bad sitcom that nobody would ever buy the story because it’s stupid and it makes no sense.�? ||||| AUGUST 7--A Google Street View car that was traveling in the wrong direction on a one-way street crashed into another vehicle last night as it attempted to make a U-turn, Arkansas police report. 
 
 The 6 PM accident on a Little Rock street left the Google car with significant damage to its front end. The other car was “fuckin’ totaled,” according to driver Dylan Case, 22, who was injured in the crash. 
 
 As seen above, the crash scene was photographed by Forbidden Hillcrest. A second photo snapped by a passing motorist shows the Google car with its front bumper missing, while the driver seems to be dismantling the vehicle’s mapping equipment 
 
 According to a Little Rock Police Department accident report, the Google-owned car, a 2010 Subaru Legacy, was being driven by Alexander Spurr, a 28-year-old Bryant, Arkansas resident. Spurr, seen at right, was cited by cops for “careless prohibited driving.” 
 
 Spurr told police that after realizing he was driving the wrong way on Tyler Street, he attempted a U-turn, but “accidently came out onto” an adjacent road, where he struck Case’s vehicle “in the side and spun him around.” Case told cops that he had a green light and that Spurr “must have ran the red light.” 
 
 Both vehicles were towed from the crash scene. Cops estimated that the Google car suffered $1500 in damages, while the Mazda will need $2000 in repairs. 
 
 Case told TSG that the Google worker “blew a red light” and slammed into his car, a 2008 Mazda owned by his girlfriend. Case, a 22-year-old construction worker, said he was headed home from work when the Google car “came out of nowhere and hits me in the side.” 
 
 The Google driver, Case recalled, “basically said he was sorry and that he was gonna lose his job.” Spurr, who did not appear injured in the crash, climbed atop his vehicle after the accident and tinkered with the high tech camera equipment mounted on the roof. Both men were traveling alone in their respective cars. 
 
 After the crash, Case sought treatment at a hospital emergency room, where he received a cat scan and X-rays. Case said that he suffered bruised ribs and whiplash in the crash and was outfitted with a neck brace at the hospital. 
 
 Case said that he expects to miss upwards of three weeks of work and is planning legal action over the accident. (5 pages)
– Accidents happen. Like, sometimes you steal a car without even meaning to. Surveillance video taken Tuesday night in Portland, Ore., shows a woman unlocking Erin Hatzi's red Subaru in Hatzi's driveway and driving off, the Guardian reports. Hatzi tells KGW it didn't seem like a normal car theft as the thief sat in the car in the driveway for a few minutes before driving away. Regardless, Hatzi notified police and her insurance. On Wednesday, Hatzi's Subaru was back in front of her house with a note and $30 cash inside. "I more than apologize for the shock and upset this must have caused you," reads the note, which Hatzi posted on Facebook. "So, so sorry for this mistake." The note-writer says she told her friend to pick up her car—also a red Subaru—Tuesday night. The next morning, the note-writer discovered her friend had chosen the wrong Subaru; hers was parked a block away from Hatzi's home. The note-writer even left her name and phone number for Hatzi. The $30 was for gas. “It’s insane,” Hatzi tells KGW. “It’s like a bad sitcom that nobody would ever buy the story because it’s stupid and it makes no sense." Apparently, keys for older Subarus can be interchangeable, and that's what allowed Hatzi's car to have what she calls "a little adventure," the Oregonian reports. (The theft of a Snuggle Mobile was no accident.)