CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — An attempted carjacking on Chicago's North Side last week was caught on camera.
It happened Friday afternoon in the Edgewater neighborhood near West Thorndale Avenue and North Broadway.
Witnesses said a man had gone into a nearby liquor store and left his car running when someone got in and tried to drive away.
Dramatic video circulating on social media shows the man jumping into action, literally.
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Footage shows the man clinging to the windshield of the car, as the would-be car thief makes a U-turn on Thorndale.
The vehicle then accelerates and starts to weave through traffic before making another U-turn on Broadway — all with man still on top of it.
Eventually, the carjacker stopped the car, got out and ran away onto a CTA Red Line train.
It's unclear if the car owner was injured or if any arrests have been made.
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