Thursday, 4:30 PM
Police continue searching for suspects in Pike carjacking
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/file)
By David Abel, Globe Staff
State Police today are searching for two men who carjacked the driver of a 2007 black Nissan Maxima Thursday afternoon at the Allston-Brighton tollbooth, troopers said.
The Maxima was in a line of vehicles at the tollbooth when the two suspects jumped into the backseat of the car and flashed a handgun, troopers said.
As the Maxima went through the tollbooth, a passenger told the toll collector they were being carjacked and asked the collector to call police.
One of the suspects then pistol-whipped the passenger, and the Maxima went a little farther, sideswiped another vehicle, and stopped, troopers said.
After the crash, the suspects fled on foot west toward a railroad depot, troopers said. The passenger sustained minor injuries and was not hospitalized.
Mac Daniel, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, called it an isolated incident.
“This is the first time in anyone’s memory that such an incident has taken place at any toll booth along the Pike,” Daniel said.
If you have any information or were at the scene, please e-mail David Abel at dabel@globe.com.
