BOWMANVILLE, Ont. – Police say a 68-year-old man has serious injuries after being dragged by his own vehicle during a carjacking in a community east of Toronto.
They say the man parked in front of a bank in Bowmanville, Ont., late Thursday night and left the vehicle running while he went to use an ATM.
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Investigators say he saw a man jump in the driver’s side door of the car, so he ran out of the bank and grabbed a door handle as the suspect drove away.
Durham regional police say he was dragged for a short distance before letting go and suffered serious but non-life threatening injuries.
The suspect got away with the car.
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