Chancet Wood Drive 'carjacking': Shock as 'woman left bleeding in Sheffield street' after attack

The eyewitness, who did not want to be named, said that she called 999 after seeing the incident at Chancet Wood Drive, near Greenhill Avenue, Meadowhead, shortly before 4pm yesterday afternoon.

She believes the car that was involved was a Fiat 500.

She said: “I witnessed a poor woman in her late 50s getting car jacked just off Greenhill Avenue. I still can't quite believe what I’ve been a witness to.

“As I pulled round the corner onto Chancet Wood Drive, I could see something wasn’t right and as I realised this poor woman was fighting a lad in her car – she screamed for help.

“I tried to block him with my van but wasn't quick enough and I didn't want to risk injury to the woman, as he pulled off dragging the woman across the road.

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“I jumped out as fast as I could to try and grab hold of him but he was off with her car and all her belongings inside. My attention turned straight to the poor lady laid out in the middle of the road and calling 999.”

She said the man had opened the victim’s car door and had then punched her in the face a couple of times, and dragged her out the car.

She added the victim had been left with a lump ‘bigger than tennis ball’ on the back of her head which was bleeding, and she she thought the car jacker may have hit her with something.

She said she wanted to warn people to be careful if they stopped their cars, and said she was urging them to keep their vehicle doors locked.

“This was at 3.45pm in broad daylight, only metres away from a school, in what I think most of us would class a nice area,” she added.

South Yorkshire Police said in a statement: “Detectives in Sheffield are appealing for information after a woman was robbed yesterday (Tuesday, October 4).

“Emergency services were called at around 3.55pm following reports of a robbery on Chancet Wood Drive.

“It is reported that a woman in her 50s was assaulted by an unknown man as she was sat in her car.

“The man is said to have punched her in the face, before dragging her from the car. He then got in the car, a red Fiat 500, and drove away in the direction of Meadow Head.

“He is described as White, in his 30s, with short, mousey coloured hair.

“If you have any information which could help officers, please contact us quoting incident number 590 of October 4, 2022.

“You can contact us online using our new webchat service, report information using our online portal or by calling us on 101. You can access webchat and our online portal here: www.southyorks.police.uk/contact-us/report-something/

“Alternatively, you can pass information anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers via their website – www.crimestoppers-uk.org – or by calling their UK Contact Centre on 0800 555 111.”