CRASH AND WHEN SHE CAME OUTSIDE SHE SAW THE VICTIM LAYING HERE AND CALL 911. A NEIGHBORS RING CAMERA CAPTURE THE MOMENT A MAN HIT CHELSEA NICOLETTE WITH HER OWN CAR. YOU CAN SEE THE VEHICLE DRIVE UP AS SOMEONE STEPS TOWARD THE STREET. YOU CANNOT SEE THE IMPACT BUT THE VIDEO SHOWS THE DRIVER GET OUT OF THE CAR, GRAB SOMETHING, AND DRIVE OFF. MOMENTS LATER, YOU SEE NEIGHBORS RUNNING TO HELP. >> SHE WAS LYING IN THE GUTTER NEXT TO THE STORM DRAIN, CURLED UP ON HER SIDE. SAYING HELP ME, HELP. SOMEBODY HELP ME. BREANA: BARBARA ROSENTHAL SAYS THE SOUND WOKE HER UP AND SHE RAN OUTSIDE AND SAW NICOLETTE, THEN SHE CALLED 911 AND STAYED BY HER SIDE. >> I WAS VERY FEARFUL FOR HER. SHE LOOKED TERRIFIED AND IN PAIN. BREANA: BARBARA DID NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TIME BUT LATER LEARNED A MAN CARJACKED NICOLETTE AS SHE DELIVERED PACKAGES FOR AMAZON. BALTIMORE POLICE SAY NICOLETTE KEPT HER PUSH TO START CAR ON, BUT TOOK THE KEYS WITH THEIR FOR THE DELIVERY. THAT IS WHEN THE MAN JUMPED IN AND REALIZED HE COULD NOT GET FAR WITHOUT THE KEYS. HE TURNED AROUND, AND HIT HER WITH THE CAR, AND SNATCH THE KEYS OFF OF HER BELT. >> WE LIVE IN THE CITY, WE KNOW THAT THIS HAPPENS, BUT TO HAVE IT HAPPEN SO CLOSE TO HOME IS DISTURBING. BREANA: SIMON TORRES IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WYMAN PARK COMMITTEE ASSOCIATION. HE SAYS NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED AFTER THIS AND SEVERAL OTHER RECENT CARJACKINGS. >> IT DOES NOT HAPPEN OFTEN, NO. WHICH IS WHY I THINK PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS. >> IT SEEMS TO BE A PATTERN AND THAT IS CONCERNING. BREANA: NEIGHBORS ARE BANDING TOGETHER, CALLING FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE. THE PERSON BEHIND THIS CRIME IS STILL OUT THERE. POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION TO CALL METRO CRIME STOPPERS AT 18667 LOCKUP. REPORTING IN WYM
Video shows moments before carjacking victim struck by her own car
Video shows the moments before a carjacking victim was run over by her own car and a neighbor rushed in to help Saturday in north Baltimore.City police said a single mother, who delivers packages for Amazon, was carjacked and then hit by her own car on Beech Avenue in Wyman Park.City police said the victim, Chelsea Nicolette, kept her push-to-start car running but took the keys with her for the delivery. That’s when the man jumped in and realized he couldn’t get far without the keys. So, he turned around, hit Nicolette with the car and snatched the keys off her belt.Nicolette underwent surgery Monday to repair her hip. She also has a broken pelvis, shoulder, ribs and a partially collapsed lung.A neighbor’s Ring camera showed video of the vehicle drive up as someone stepped toward the street. The video doesn’t show the impact, but it does show the driver get out of the car, grab something and drive off. Moments later, the video shows neighbors running to help.Barbara Rosenthal, a neighbor, told 11 News the sound of the crash woke her up. She then went outside and saw Nicolette lying in the street and called 911.”She was right there in the gutter, lying next to the storm drain, curled up on her side saying, ‘Help me, help me. Somebody, please help me,'” Rosenthal said.Rosenthal said she stayed by Nicolette’s side.”I was very fearful for her. She looked terrified and in pain,” Rosenthal said.Rosenthal said she didn’t know exactly what happened at the time, but later learned a man carjacked Nicolette as she delivered packages for Amazon.Simon Torres, president of the Wyman Park Community Association, said residents are concerned after this and several other recent carjackings.”We live in the city. We know that this happens, but to have it happen so close to home is disturbing,” Torres said. “It doesn’t happen very often now, which is why I think people are nervous.”Residents are banding together, calling for something to be done.”It seems to be a pattern, and that’s concerning,” said Rachel Brocheo, a resident.”We all need to sort of raise our game, raise the way we communicate with each other and with our neighbors, with our law enforcement, with our elected officials. Now is not the time to bury your head in the sand,” Torres said.The assailant remains at large. Anyone with any information is asked to call police or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.
Video shows the moments before a carjacking victim was run over by her own car and a neighbor rushed in to help Saturday in north Baltimore.
City police said a single mother, who delivers packages for Amazon, was carjacked and then hit by her own car on Beech Avenue in Wyman Park.
City police said the victim, Chelsea Nicolette, kept her push-to-start car running but took the keys with her for the delivery. That’s when the man jumped in and realized he couldn’t get far without the keys. So, he turned around, hit Nicolette with the car and snatched the keys off her belt.
Nicolette underwent surgery Monday to repair her hip. She also has a broken pelvis, shoulder, ribs and a partially collapsed lung.
A neighbor’s Ring camera showed video of the vehicle drive up as someone stepped toward the street. The video doesn’t show the impact, but it does show the driver get out of the car, grab something and drive off. Moments later, the video shows neighbors running to help.
Barbara Rosenthal, a neighbor, told 11 News the sound of the crash woke her up. She then went outside and saw Nicolette lying in the street and called 911.
“She was right there in the gutter, lying next to the storm drain, curled up on her side saying, ‘Help me, help me. Somebody, please help me,'” Rosenthal said.
Rosenthal said she stayed by Nicolette’s side.
“I was very fearful for her. She looked terrified and in pain,” Rosenthal said.
Rosenthal said she didn’t know exactly what happened at the time, but later learned a man carjacked Nicolette as she delivered packages for Amazon.
Simon Torres, president of the Wyman Park Community Association, said residents are concerned after this and several other recent carjackings.
“We live in the city. We know that this happens, but to have it happen so close to home is disturbing,” Torres said. “It doesn’t happen very often now, which is why I think people are nervous.”
Residents are banding together, calling for something to be done.
“It seems to be a pattern, and that’s concerning,” said Rachel Brocheo, a resident.
“We all need to sort of raise our game, raise the way we communicate with each other and with our neighbors, with our law enforcement, with our elected officials. Now is not the time to bury your head in the sand,” Torres said.
The assailant remains at large. Anyone with any information is asked to call police or Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP.
