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DC Carjackers Foiled By Stick Shift
(NewsCore) - Police in Washington, D.C., were searching Sunday for two would-be carjackers who abandoned the vehicle they stole because they couldn't drive a stick shift.
D.C. Police spokesman Anthony Clay said two male suspects confronted a man and a woman in their vehicle at gunpoint at around 6:00am Saturday, WTOP-FM reported.
The suspects forced the man and the woman into the trunk of the vehicle and tried to drive it away, but realized they didn't know how to operate a manual transmission.
They got the man out of the trunk and ordered him to drive the car, police said. He escaped by jumping out of the moving vehicle and called 911. The woman was also able to get away unharmed.
The car was later found abandoned.
Both suspects were still at large Sunday. They were wearing masks during the carjacking, according to WTOP.
Read more: WTOP
(NewsCore) - Police in Washington, D.C., were searching Sunday for two would-be carjackers who abandoned the vehicle they stole because they couldn't drive a stick shift.
D.C. Police spokesman Anthony Clay said two male suspects confronted a man and a woman in their vehicle at gunpoint at around 6:00am Saturday, WTOP-FM reported.
The suspects forced the man and the woman into the trunk of the vehicle and tried to drive it away, but realized they didn't know how to operate a manual transmission.
They got the man out of the trunk and ordered him to drive the car, police said. He escaped by jumping out of the moving vehicle and called 911. The woman was also able to get away unharmed.
The car was later found abandoned.
Both suspects were still at large Sunday. They were wearing masks during the carjacking, according to WTOP.
Read more: WTOP
