This is the shocking moment carjackers attempted to seize a Bentley Bentayga worth $200,000 from a driver in a New Jersey parking lot.
The unidentified driver was immediately approached by three masked suspects as he entered the Patel Brothers grocery store on Oak Tree Road in Edison Friday afternoon.
The driver, who is the son of the grocery store’s owner, Kaushik Patel, managed to fend off the attackers and rushed into the store with his key fob in his pocket.
“When I saw the video I was scared of what happened, but then I called, my son said ‘I’m safe dad, don’t worry, everything is fine well, just a slight scratch,” Patel said. abc7.
Her son had previously been targeted in another carjacking in which the thieves made off with his Mercedes G-Class SUV, another luxury car worth more than $160,000.
Two of the three suspects approached the driver just after he parked his car at the Patel Brothers grocery store on Oak Tree Road in Edison Friday afternoon.
Surveillance video captured the driver entering the parking lot moments before the suspects attempted to steal his luxury car.
The masked trio is seen quickly moving towards the driver’s orange car just before attacking him.
The cautious father said his son was not physically harmed in the frightening attack and returned to work on Tuesday, but he is still shaken by the incident.
Video of the attempted carjacking shows Patel’s son drive into the parking lot in his orange Bentley SUV and pull into a parking space.
As he parks the vehicle, the trio quickly approaches and sneaks up on him as he sits in the driver’s seat with the door open.
Two of the carjackers, one wearing a black hoodie and the other white, approach the driver directly while the third walks toward the passenger side.
The duo begin to scuffle with the driver, who fights back before the third suspect joins them and gangs up on Patel’s son.
The one wearing a white hoodie then pulls on the driver’s leg and manages to pull him out of the car, as the two crash into a nearby red sedan.
Meanwhile, the other two suspects get into the Bentley and close the door before realizing they need a key fob to operate the vehicle.
Two of the carjackers, one wearing a black hoodie and the other white, approach the driver directly while the third walks toward the passenger side.
Kaushik Patel, the store manager and father of the victim, said his son was fine physically, but was still shaken from the previous carjacking and this one.
One of the suspects is seen hitting the driver after forcing him out of the car.
The victim is then seen being punched in the face before the suspect who attacked him joins the rest of the crew in the car. As this happens, a passerby watches from a few cars away.
The driver then rushes out of frame and rushes into the store while the trio sit in the car for a moment before jumping out, slamming the doors and fleeing the scene.
“My son fought with them and did not give up, he did not give the key,” the father said New12 New Jersey.
“Bentley, Mercedes, BMW, Audi – they don’t buy cheap cars. A few days ago, another car disappeared within 15 minutes.
“They come from Newark, some of them, the police catch them. A few days later, they’re in and out,” Patel said.
Sam Joshi, Edison’s mayor, has tried to crack down on carjackings and burglaries in the city, and even set up a command center in the store’s parking lot.
Edison Police Chief Tom Bryan said the command post gives authorities more visibility to monitor the area and police reports are also accepted there.
“There’s a video camera inside, all around, we can see what’s going on at any time, that’s important,” Bryan told News12 New Jersey.
One of the suspects manages to extract the driver from the car as the two men crash into a nearby red sedan.
Edison Mayor Sam Joshi has tried to crack down on carjackings and burglaries in the city, and even set up a command center in the store’s parking lot.
The mayor said the city, located in Middlesex County, has also implemented more than 80 license plate readers “that are strategically placed throughout the city.”
“We have tripled and sometimes quadrupled the presence of police on the streets and on patrols,” Joshi told ABC7.
Although Joshi tried to play his role as city leader, he said, “State leaders and laws allow these crimes to continue to happen. »
Joshi said it was “totally unacceptable” for juvenile criminals to be released shortly after their arrest.
“I just left a meeting with the Attorney General and I was with other mayors. A minor or a criminal who commits a crime should not return to the streets the same week he is arrested, this is totally unacceptable “, did he declare.
Police say the majority of crimes are committed by teenagers who specifically target luxury vehicles to make tens of thousands of dollars on each.
Police are currently investigating the violent carjacking that took place on Friday.
In a video posted to the police department’s Facebook page, Joshi said “crimes like these are on the rise across the country.”