Driver seriously injured after jumping on his own vehicle trying to stop carjacker in the Bronx
BRONX (WABC) -- A man who was reportedly trying to stop his car from being stolen suffered critical injuries in the Bronx, according to police.
It started with a black Infiniti sedan double-parked on Wilkinson Avenue.
The driver exited his vehicle, left the engine running, and ran into a restaurant, according to police.
Surveillance video shows the suspect getting out of an SUV and then getting into the parked Infiniti.
At that time, the owner ran over and tried to stop the suspect, clung to the driver's side door, and was dragged as the suspect drove off in the Infiniti at a high rate of speed.
"The car was speeding like crazy," witness William Balgobin said.
Witnesses said the victim hung on for about a block and a half before the vehicle crashed into several parked vehicles.
Witnesses said the victim was crushed up against the cars.
Then after falling off of his car, witnesses said the victim was also struck by the SUV the suspect originally got out of before getting behind the wheel of the parked Infiniti.
The vehicle the suspect emerged from appears to have been following behind the stolen car, police said.
The victim, a 32-year-old, was taken to Jacobi Hospital with critical head and leg injuries, police said.
Witnesses described a very bloody scene.
Witnesses say it appeared the victim was run over by his own vehicle and in a "really bad state," describing a leg injury.
Police said the suspect ditched the Infiniti under the Pelham Parkway exit of the Hutchinson River Parkway after it crashed and took off on foot.
No arrests have been made.
Police said the victim left his key FOB in the vehicle when he ran into the restaurant.
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