Carjackers attack woman, drag her from vehicle in Edgewater

A 34-year-old woman was physically attacked and dragged from her car during a violent carjacking in Edgewater early Sunday morning.

A passing motorist called 911 after seeing a woman lying on the ground with a couple of males standing over her in the 1400 block of West Rosemont Avenue around 2:35 a.m. The caller told dispatchers he stopped briefly to ask if she was okay, but drove away when one of the men reached toward his pocket as if he had a gun.

Responding officers learned that the woman had been robbed and carjacked. According to a CPD report, the hijackers arrived in a silver SUV and pulled alongside the victim’s white Honda Civic. One of the men struck her and grabbed her by her hair, dragging her from the car before the men drove away with both her Civic and the silver sport utility vehicle…

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