Police have arrested a man accused of stealing two cars with children inside, including two babies, along the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia.
CCTV footage captured the incident, showing a woman run after a shirtless man who jumped into an orange Kia Sportage near Gatacre Drive in Kalgoorlie and drove off.
“She was screaming at the person that stole our car,” said Amelia Politis, the woman’s daughter.
“Please don’t do anything, my son’s in the car, and just kind of repeating that over and over again, and he just apparently did not care.”
The woman was briefly dragged as the car sped away before she let go of the door handle, suffering injuries to her arms, legs, and feet.
“She’s basically got injuries kind of all along her body,” Politis said.
The thief had reportedly stolen another vehicle minutes earlier, with two toddlers inside. Politis expressed relief when her nine-year-old brother managed to jump out of the moving car.
“It could have been so much worse. I’m just so happy they’re both safe,” she added.
The suspect was apprehended later that afternoon.
Source: 9News.
