By Leila Merrill
PRUNEDALE, Calif. — Chief Doug McCoun of the Marina Fire Department was carjacked Friday night at the scene of a vehicle crash, SKBW reported.
Just before 9 p.m., McCoun was driving a department SUV, which has decals on it, when he encountered a crash on Highway 156. The chief turned on the emergency lights and reported the crash.
He then saw a man who he thought needed help who instead, “unbuckled me and pulled me out of the car.”
The man drove off in the Ford Expedition.
“I just didn’t get it. I didn’t think it was going to really be happening,” McCoun said. “It took me a long time until I was actually coming out of the car and we’re on the ground wrestling that I realized that it was happening.”
According to the California Highway Patrol, the man who stole one of the crashed vehicles — an Aston Martin — also took the fire department vehicle. They arrested the man, Kevin Peck, and recovered the Expedition on Saturday morning.