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.
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 told The Post today.
She sold the SUV to the man — now being sought as the attack’s main suspect — 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 feds in Bridgeport on Sunday after they traced the SUV to her. She was again questioned today.
Arriving back home, she refused to comment to The Post.
“My daughter’s nervous,” her mom said. “She doesn’t want this guy coming after her.”
perry.chiaramonte@nypost.com