Watch: Woman runs over thief after robbery in Durban
A woman being robbed at a mall on The Bluff took the law into her own hands by hitting the suspect with her car.
A woman who ‘flew’ her car over a raised intersection in an attempt to catch the man who robbed her is being praised by social media users.
The woman was yesterday robbed of her handbag at the boom gate exit of a mall parking area on The Bluff, Durban.
Video footage, which spread quickly on social media, shows two men running towards a silver Toyota Tazz, which had stopped at the boom gate exit of the busy mall at about 10:41.
The men can be seen opening the door of the vehicle, which was stopped at the exit, and grabbing the woman’s handbag before fleeing.
One of them got into a getaway vehicle, while the other, still holding the woman’s handbag, ran across the road in an attempt to escape after the driver of another vehicle disrupted the robbery.
Footage shows the victim driving through the boom gates, ‘flying’ over a raised grassed island and hitting the fleeing man.
According to Brighton Beach Police spokesperson Captain Louise le Roux, no cases have been registered at the station. The video footage, however, shows a police van arriving moments before the robber is hit.
It is believed that he survived and is being treated in hospital, but this information has not been confirmed by police.
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