'I just fought': Woman escapes carjacking thanks to good Samaritans

Mary Beth Ciarlante said she was driving along Jackson Road in Waterford Township Thursday morning when car debris and a woman running out from the woods made her stop.

"Next thing you know, my door was being flung open and he jumped in the car, demanded me to take him," explained Ciarlante.

The Camden County Prosecutor's Office said the incident began with a car crash on Jackson Road, near the intersection of Waverly Avenue, around 8:37 a.m. Thursday.

The driver of the car, identified by authorities as 45-year-old Rondean McDonald of Mays Landing, had gone off the roadway and crashed into a wooded area.

Waterford Township police were initially called to the scene that morning for a multi-vehicle accident. It was upgraded to a carjacking after they heard screaming from the 911 call.

"When he hit the tree and telephone, the vehicle became disabled. He panicked at that point, I believe, and wanted her to drive him out of there so he wouldn't be caught by law enforcement," explained Waterford Township Police Chief Daniel Cormaney.
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