Frankston woman’s car lock-up warning after sweaty, half-naked man scare in Carrum Downs
A woman is urging drivers to lock their doors at all times after a shirtless drug-affected man with his jeans undone was able to open her car door as she pulled over to send a text in Carrum Downs.
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A woman says she’ll never get into her car without locking the doors again after a sweaty, half-naked man was able to gain access to her vehicle.
Frankston woman Lisa Jager said she pulled over on a dirt track to use her phone opposite a 7-Eleven store on Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Carrum Downs, when a man tapped on her passenger side window and opened the door about 1pm on Sunday.
“As I put my head down to check the message, (the man) tapped. He was sweating profusely. I’ve never seen anything like it,” she told the Leader.
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“He had his jeans undone and wasn’t wearing a shirt … he asked me for a lift and I concentrated on getting the keys in (the ignition) and getting out of there.”
Ms Jager said the man, who appeared to be affected by drugs, ran off into the trees as she made her getaway.
“I knew I had to stay calm, because if I reacted badly, he would have reacted badly,” she said.
“Even though he didn’t end up giving me any trouble, (the incident) shook me up. (It’s scary) how quickly he had access to my car.”
Ms Jager took to Facebook to notify others of the strange man, with people quick to comment they had noticed the same person behaving suspiciously in the area.
“I saw him yesterday as well … he was off his head,” one man said.
“We saw him stumbling and rolling around on the grass on Frankston-Dandenong Rd … someone else in another car followed him and called the police,” another wrote.
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A Victoria Police spokeswoman said the man was not arrested and officers conducted a welfare check after dropping him home.
Ms Jager said she was OK but wanted to give drivers in the area a “heads up to lock up”.
“I’m locking everything now, especially when I’m stopped or stuck at the lights,” she said.
“I was really vulnerable.”