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Carjackers fail in the clutch, can’t drive stick

By WTOP Staff

SEATTLE (AP) — An attempted carjacking in Seattle failed when three carjackers found they were in a vehicle with a manual transmission and none of them knew how to drive a stick shift.

Nancy Fredrickson told KIRO (http://bit.ly/1mwlK2E) she was getting something out of her trunk Saturday when she turned around to see a gun in her face. Three teens demanded her keys and jumped in her Kia.

They tried but failed to get it to move and then ran away.

The 70-year-old was in tears when she called 911, but later laughed at the inept carjackers. She never imagined a stick shift would prevent a carjacking, but she’s happy she and her car were unharmed.

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Information from: KIRO-TV, htthttp://www.kirotv.com/index.html

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