Alleged New Year’s Day attackers had no red flags when renting, says Turo CEO

CNN — After separate deadly New Year’s Day incidents in New Orleans and Las Vegas involving vehicles from Turo, the company’s CEO on Friday said there were no “red flags” about the drivers who used the peer-to-peer car-sharing service. In an interview with CNBC, CEO Andre Haddad said the alleged attacker in New Orleans and the driver of a Cybertruck that exploded outside Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas were decorated members of the military. “That has been the anchor of our very strong safety track record over the last four years,” Haddad said in the interview. Turo said in a news release Friday that it has “facilitated 27 million trips, over 90 million booked days, spanning 8.6 billion miles driven, through 12 years of operating history, and less than 0.10% of Turo trips have ended with a serious incident, such as a vehicle theft.” Turo says it had 350,000 active vehicle listings and 3.5 million “guest” renters on the platform across five countries as of the end of September, according to a securities filing for its planned IPO.