KUCHING: A civil servant had her car stolen from under her nose yesterday after a man drove off with it while she was closing the front gate of her house.
The incident happened at Uni Garden, Kota Samarahan, around 7.30am when the 39-year-old woman was about to leave for work. It is believed that the woman had reversed her Perodua Kenari out the porch and exited to close the front gate when an unknown man seemingly appeared from nowhere, got into her vehicle, and sped off with it.
Along with her car, she also lost her handbag – containing a mobile phone and wallet – which was on the front passenger seat.
In an unrelated matter, a contractor had both his legs broken after part of a concrete wall fell on him at a house in Tabuan Jaya yesterday morning.
The 45-year-old was at the house around 10am to oversee renovation works when he shifted a piece of wood which had been placed against a wall, causing it to fall on top of him. It was later learned that the house owner had used the wood to prop up the section of the wall as it was structurally unstable, but had forgotten to mention it to the contractor.
A friend of the victim, who was at the scene when the incident happened, helped to drive the contractor to the Sarawak General Hospital where he was admitted for treatment.