A thief who raced off from a service station with a car and the driver's mother-in-law crashed a short time later and left the woman in the vehicle, Auckland police said Thursday.
"We don't know at this stage if the guy jumped in the car knowing she's in there or if he jumped in there and got a bit of a surprise," said Inspector Gavin Macdonald. The vehicle's owner was filling the fuel tank when the thief leapt in and drove off with the man's mother-in-law in the car, Macdonald said. The car crashed 40 minutes later, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) away.
"The offender decamped from there and left the mother-in-law in the car," Macdonald said. "I don't think she's seriously injured." The woman was taken to a hospital for observation. Her age and other details were not immediately available. |
