A 41-year-old woman is recovering from bite wounds after an attempted carjacking Monday afternoon.
Police say the woman was driving southbound on Main St. near East Broadway just before 2 p.m. when the incident occurred. As she stopped for the light, a man jumped through her open passenger window and tried to grab the keys from the ignition.
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The woman managed to fight the man off, but not before he bit her in the arm. Passersby helped restrain the man until police arrived.
24-year-old Dustin Edward MacDonald of Burnaby is facing charges of robbery and assault causing bodily harm.
He is known to police and appeared in provincial court Tuesday morning.
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