A child safety group says it's the 41st carjacking this year to involve a vehicle that had a child inside when it was stolen.
A child safety group says it's the 41st carjacking this year to involve a vehicle that had a child inside when it was stolen.A pregnant Illinois woman is recovering in the hospital after she was run over by carjackers who stole her vehicle with her 2-year-old son still inside.
The man attacked the woman, knocking her to the ground and taking the car with her son inside, the sheriff's office said. As the two men in the cars fled, one of them ran over the woman, inflicting serious injuries. The VW was later found in a parking lot. Police say the BMW had been stolen from an area car dealership within the past week and ask anyone with information to report it to the sheriffs office at 847-377-4000 orWhat many don't realize is Thursday's violent carjacking of a vehicle with a child inside"is not a rare occurrence," saidSo far this year, the organization has documented 41 children who've been left alone in a car that was then stolen.
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