A pregnant woman was beaten and run over this Thursday in front of her home in Libertyville, a suburb of Chicago (Illinois), by individuals who stole her truck, in which her 2-year-old son was traveling, according to CBS News.
The 34-year-old woman, whose identity was not disclosed, parked her Volkswagen vehicle at the entrance of her home and accompanied her eldest son inside her home.
A white BMW car with two men then stopped in front of her truck;
one of them got out and tried to get into the truck of the woman, six months pregnant, whom she hit and threw to the ground.
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The man got behind the wheel of the van and escaped with the 2-year-old boy in the back seat, followed by the BMW.
During the flight, he ran over the woman, who was seriously injured, according to The Associated Press news agency.
According to CBS News, the woman suffered a broken pelvis and elbow.
The woman's family believes she was followed by the individuals from a pet store where she had stopped.
The victim managed to call the 911 emergency phone number to report what had happened.
Minutes later, the authorities received a notice from a citizen who had seen how two vehicles had entered a parking lot and a man had abandoned a minor.
Both individuals fled the scene again.
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According to CBS News, the boy was found 15 minutes later at a nearby location;
A person called 911 to report that two cars had entered a parking lot and the driver of one of them had abandoned a minor and they had escaped.
The child is already in his house and is unharmed, according to the aforementioned chain.
Police found the Volkswagen in another parking lot but have not located the BMW, which is believed to have been stolen from a dealership in nearby Waukegan.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office described one of the suspects as a tall, thin man wearing a gray zip-up hooded jacket and a green face mask.