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Woman splashes man with gasoline in attempt to thwart carjacking
Updated: Apr Trio, two thousand seventeen – 8:45 AM
TEWKSBURY, Mass. – Police proceed to search for a man accused of stealing a woman’s vehicle as she despairingly attempted to stop him.
The woman was pumping gas on Andover Street Saturday night when someone got into her car and the woman attempted to burst him with gasoline.
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"She said that her car got stolen, someone took off with her car," a gas station attendant told FOX25. "When she wasn't paying attention, pumping her own gas, he just hopped right in and attempted to take off with it. He attempted to close the door and she fought back."
Surveillance movie shows the suspect getting into the car as the woman attempts to fight him off. He took off, dragging her along the vehicle, but fortunately she was not earnestly injured, police said.
Police identified the suspect as William Tighe, 32, however he remains at large with the stolen vehicle.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call police.