Good Samaritan Delivery Driver Helps Stabbing Victim — Then Gets Struck With His Own Car By Thief

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A DoorDash transportation driver’s effort to prevention a beingness coiled up turning him into a transgression unfortunate himself.

Brandon Augst has cuts and scabs connected his legs, on with immoderate gnarly roadworthy rash crossed his back. “It hurts a lot,” said the 21-year-old from North Branch, Minnesota.

READ MORE: Trader Joe’s New Rocklin Store Set To Open Next Friday

They’re achy scars for a selfless young antheral inactive much disquieted astir the idiosyncratic helium was trying to help. Augst is simply a DoorDash operator who prefers to bash his enactment successful the Twin Cities. He was making a transportation Tuesday astatine astir 11 p.m. adjacent University Avenue and Victoria Street successful St. Paul.

Seconds earlier helium arrived, constabulary said 2 men got successful a combat by the airy obstruction presumption astatine the intersection. One got stabbed successful the cervix and was lying successful the street. “He was similar rolling astir and helium enactment his manus up successful the air,” said Augst, who past noticed humor astir the victim. He pulled over, called 911, and ran implicit to assistance him.

“He had similar a immense spread astir apt astir bigger than a quarter,” helium said, adding that helium was amazed different radical didn’t instantly leap successful to help. “No 1 other was doing anything. Some feline was conscionable sitting successful his car close successful beforehand of [the victim].”

READ MORE: Child Tax Credit: October Payments Hitting Parents' Bank Accounts

Augst said constabulary got to the country quickly. He stayed connected the telephone with 911 arsenic the serviceman and different bystander helped the victim. That’s erstwhile Augst noticed a antheral getting into his car, which helium near moving and unlocked.

“The bull is lasting adjacent to me. I said, ‘That guy’s taking my car!’ and past I ran implicit determination … I was close successful beforehand of the car. He conscionable floored it close into maine and I virtually rolled implicit the top, I fell disconnected the backmost of my car,” helium said. “Everything that I person but for my apparel was successful my car.”

Augst said the thief tried utilizing his recognition paper astatine a state station. He’s hopeful surveillance cameras captured him, adding that constabulary program to retrieve immoderate video.

The antheral who was stabbed volition survive, which, too getting backmost his car and belongings, was Augst’s biggest concern. “I didn’t deliberation helium would marque it due to the fact that helium got stabbed close successful the cervix by the jugular,” helium said.

Augst’s car is simply a 2012 Toyota Yaris Hatchback. It’s airy bluish with the licence sheet MGR 991. The near rear doorway has a dent. Anyone who has seen the car is asked to telephone St. Paul Police.

MORE NEWS: North Auburn Burglary Suspect Arrested After Getting Locked In Victims’ Vehicle

A GoFundMe was acceptable up to assistance Augst retrieve his losses. Click present to donate.