New Jersey company will pay man's drunken $1,600 Uber fare

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GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man who got drunk in West Virginia and mistakenly ordered a $1,635 Uber ride to his home state will be reimbursed by a food delivery company.

Jamie Giovinazzo, founder of Eat Clean Bro in Freehold, New Jersey, says his company will pay the fare to thank Kenny Bachman for choosing not to drive while drunk. Giovinazzo says Bachman's decision helped keep the roadway safe for other motorists.

Bachman intended to get a ride to the house where he was staying near West Virginia University. He fell asleep in the car and awoke two hours into the 300-mile journey to his home in Gloucester County.

Bachman had requested donations via GoFundMe to pay the fare. That money will instead go to Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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DetroitMM12 on March 8th, 2018 at 14:26 UTC »

Jamie Giovinazzo, founder of Eat Clean Bro in Freehold, New Jersey, says his company will pay the fare to thank Kenny Bachman for choosing not to drive while drunk. Giovinazzo says Bachman's decision helped keep the roadway safe for other motorists.

Shout out to "Eat Clean Bro" just want to make sure he gets the publicity he deserves for bailing this kid out of a huge blackout mistake lol

Don_Sherjaun on March 8th, 2018 at 09:30 UTC »

I've ordered pizza to an old address but this really takes the cake

Butt_Dickiss on March 8th, 2018 at 09:27 UTC »

Tldr: accidentally requested a 300 mile ride to wrong location, fell asleep for two hours during trip.

Kinda surprised they even drove that far.