A mother had the fright of her life when her car was stolen Thursday afternoon with her 7-year-old son in the back seat.
The panicked 34-year-old mom called 911 at 12:22 p.m. reporting a stolen vehicle on Macdonough Place near in Country Club just down the block from Pelham Bay Park.
She told dispatchers a crook jumped behind the wheel of her Acura RDX while she was outside the car with her husband and peeled off, police said.
The car and child were later found abandoned about three miles away on Tillotson Ave. and Wright Ave., just off the New England Thruway, cops said.
The boy was brought to Jacobi Medical Center by EMS, police said, to be evaluated. It was not clear if he suffered any injuries. He was reunited with his happy parents.
No arrests have been made.
“They do steal in front of the park,” said a woman who lives in the neighborhood. “They steal the wheels off the Hondas and stuff like that. But something like that? This is a quiet neighborhood. This is a nice neighborhood.”
A 30-year-old woman who lives nearby agreed.
“I am surprised. I mean we’ve had packages stolen from our door around the holiday time,” she said. “But a car stolen with a baby? No. I’m shocked. My jaw dropped to the floor when (a police officer) said that.”