IL - Pregnant 34-year old woman run over while trying to protect toddler from car thieves - 2/25/23

[Bishop Black]

Pregnant woman run over as she attempted to rescue toddler from car thieves in Illinois

The pregnant woman's car was stolen with her 2-year-old son in the backseat, authorities say.

www.cbsnews.com

A pregnant Illinois woman was beaten, carjacked and run over in her driveway as her car was stolen — with her 2-year-old son in the backseat, according to the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

A man exited the passenger side of the BMW and struggled to get into the woman's Volkswagen as she tried to keep her son safe. The man knocked the woman onto the ground and stole her car — with her son inside. The man and the driver of the BMW fled the scene.

One of them ran her over as they fled, causing serious injuries to her extremities, authorities say.

Soon after, someone worked at a business on Lakeside Drive in Waukegan called 911 to stay they just saw two vehicles enter the parking lot and that the driver of one of the vehicles abandoned a small child, police said. The drivers of both vehicles fled again.

The 911 caller at the business rescued the child before he wandered into a busy roadway. Waukegan authorities responded to the scene and sheriff's personnel confirmed the found child was the abducted child

 

[Laughing]

Well, at least the little guy is safe!

Kudos for rescuing the child & called 911!

 

[borndem]

SMH. So now we have two cars (at least one is stolen) and a man in each one apparently on the run from something. We have a non-injured 2 y/o -- thank goodness -- and his pregnant mother still alive but injured.
Hoping she is doing well, and knowing her son is okay should help her quite a bit in her recovery. Prayers for them both.
Whew!
So where does LE go from here? But that is what they do.

P.S. I hope I summed it up okay...