A Texas great-grandmother was brutally attacked by a carjacker who wound up dead after he crashed the stolen car last week.
A Texas great-grandmother was brutally attacked by a carjacker who wound up dead after he crashed the stolen car last week, a report said.
Shirlene Hernandez, 72, was walking into a San Antonio gas station last Tuesday morning to buy a soda when she was accosted by a robber who grabbed her car keys and roughed her up, hitting her several times in the face,Three men came to her aid, but they were unable to subdue the crazed carjacker, who stole her vehicle and drove off in a frenzy, the report said.
The suspect’s joyride was short-lived. He was found dead in her totaled car on a nearby highway not long after attacking Hernandez, the station reported. “There’s a lot of people who would say what goes around comes around, karma. I did not think that; the only thing I got really sad because he had died,” Hernandez reportedly said.Hernandez was expected to recover from her beating, but was unable to get to work without her car, according to the article.WBRC/KABB/WOAI/CNN
An online fundraiser that aimed to replace her vehicle had raised almost $28,000 by Tuesday night, surpassing its goal by nearly six times.
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