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Hall Green driveway carjacking: Woman seriously injured | Hall Green driveway carjacking: Woman seriously injured |
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A woman was seriously injured when she was hit by a reversing car stolen in a carjacking. | A woman was seriously injured when she was hit by a reversing car stolen in a carjacking. |
A group of masked men first assaulted a man who was the driver of a Mercedes that was on a driveway in Boden Road in Hall Green, Birmingham, at about 17:30 BST on Wednesday. | A group of masked men first assaulted a man who was the driver of a Mercedes that was on a driveway in Boden Road in Hall Green, Birmingham, at about 17:30 BST on Wednesday. |
He was then thrown from the vehicle and the men got in. | He was then thrown from the vehicle and the men got in. |
The woman, who is related to the man, was struck as the car was reversed across the pavement during the getaway. | |
Police described the woman as a "pedestrian" but would not say whether she had been an occupant of the vehicle, or the house outside which the car was parked. | Police described the woman as a "pedestrian" but would not say whether she had been an occupant of the vehicle, or the house outside which the car was parked. |
Neighbour Zahida Alam said she returned home from shopping at about 18:00 and saw the woman lying in the road. | |
"She was badly hurt," she said. | |
The woman remained in hospital with multiple serious injuries, West Midlands Ambulance Service said. The man was uninjured. | |
David Jamieson, West Midlands police and crime commissioner, said carjackings were "on the up" in the region, adding "criminals are becoming more brazen". | |
The force said it was too early to say if this carjacking is linked to another attack in the Bordesley Green area on Monday when a man was pulled from his Mercedes by a group of men who smashed the car windows. | |
The men made off without the car after residents on Yardley Green Road - the scene of the attempted robbery - intervened. | |
Police said a possible link between the attacks would form part of their inquiries. | |
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