Stolen car Mackay: Armed person steals vehicle in Slade Point

A woman was forced to flee her car and plead for help from a Mackay business as an armed person chased her to steal her vehicle in a violent robbery. Watch the footage.

Investigations are continuing after a car stolen outside a Slade Point business when a woman fled to safety was found.

A woman fled her car into the safety of a nearby business as an armed offender chased her with a wooden baton.

The Holden Crewman was found on Monday on Anvil St, Slade Point, with substantial damage to the passenger window.

The ordeal police described as a violent vehicle theft started when the female driver of the Holden Crewman gave way at the Bedford Rd and Celeber Dr roundabout in Andergrove.

Another vehicle, a Holden Calais, ran up the back of her ute about 11.30am and the two cars pulled over after the crash.

It was then a balaclava-clad person approached the woman’s car and used a wooden baton to smash the front passenger-side window of her car.

Police are searching for two people after a person in a balaclava and armed with a wooden baton stole a woman's car on Pacific Esplanade at Slade Point after a series of incidents that started on Celeber Dr in Andergrove about 11.40am Saturday, February 27, 2022. Picture: QPS

The woman quickly drove away, fleeing more than 8km towards Slade Point and was followed closely by the other vehicle.

About 10 minutes later, on Pacific Esplanade in Slade Point, the woman pulled into a business car park and ran from the vehicle, leaving the driver’s side door open just moment before a heavily tattooed person jumped from another vehicle that had followed her.

When the woman was in the business asking for help, the following car pulled up, with the passenger jumping out of the car and stealing the victim’s vehicle. Picture: QPS

The person, wearing a camouflage hoodie and with heavily tattooed, muscular legs, ran to the Holden Calais and got in the driver’s seat.

The business CCTV recorded the moment as the woman sought help inside.

The person is heavily tattooed from the thighs to ankles, and was carrying a wooden baton about 30 centimetres in length as he stole the car.

Police will conduct a forensic examination of the Holden Crewman.

Police have pleaded to anyone in the Mackay community to contact them with any information about the incident.