Information reaching hitztv.com.ng has it that Picture of handbag thief whom a female driver drove over for snatching her bag in Bluff, Durban revealed.
“Her actions were brave and borderline crazy. The message to the community is that we have to be so aware of our personal safety. We are so used to being vigilant and the sad reality is that crime is rife in our country and even in our small community,” she said.
An alleged handbag snatcher was no match for a quick-thinking 43-year-old Durban woman, who put the pedal to the metal, drove her Toyota Tazz through a closed boom gate and ran him over.
He was arrested shortly after, and the woman’s handbag was recovered.
The incident was captured on camera and the video clip has gone viral. Another motorist in a Toyota Prado attempts to knock over one of the men but fails.
One of the assailants hops into a Toyota Etios to escape and the other runs into the road, still clutching the woman’s handbag.
The woman then smashes her car through the closed boom gate, chases after the man and runs him over.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nqobile Gwala said the man would appear in court on Thursday.
According to KwaZulu-Natal police spokesperson, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, Brighton Beach police have arrested one suspect in connection with a case of common robbery that occurred on Tara Road.
“It is alleged that a woman stopped for the boom game and suddenly two suspects opened her motor vehicle’s passenger door and took her belongings and fled the scene. The complainant reportedly drove after the suspects knocked one of them down with her vehicle. The victim’s handbag was recovered,” Netshiunda said.
