Daily London
Samantha Petrevski and Daniel Sperandio were driving on Donnybrook Road in Donnybrook just after 9pm yesterday when they came across a car that had mounted a road barrier and rolled.
The couple pulled over to help the occupant of the car, who was seen on CCTV stumbling out of the boot, surrounded by a group of people who had also stopped to help.
The occupant of the crashed car then slipped away from the scene and jumped into the couple’s Holden and drove away.
“All of a sudden, we’re trying to move everyone away from this car to wait for emergency services, and someone screams out ‘whose red car is that? He’s getting in it’,” Petrevski said.
“So then we followed the oil, saw it dumped and then as soon as we pulled up to where it was dumped, he was getting out and then that’s when I chased him,” Sperandio added.
The stolen car was found abandoned a short distance later near Rocco Avenue and Hawkesbury Drive.
Police believe it was involved in another crash before it was dumped.
“It just makes me feel sick,” Petrevski said.
Police believe the Land Cruiser had been stolen from Burnside Heights, more than 40 km from where it crashed in Donnybrook, early yesterday.
The owner of the Land Cruiser told 9News the car had only been parked on the street for 17 minutes when it was taken.
The offender remains on the run, after a search by local police and the dog squad failed the locate him.
Both vehicles will be forensically analysed in the hopes officers can track down the offender.
Anyone with information or anyone who may have witnessed the crash is urged to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
