Police in London, Ont., say the Jeep at the centre of a vehicle theft investigation was located on fire in a field overnight while the Jeep’s owner remains in hospital with serious injuries.
Police also say they’re looking for two male suspects in connection with the case.
Read more: Woman seriously injured in vehicle robbery, search is on for stolen Jeep, London police say
According to police, officers were alerted to a possible vehicle theft as it was happening at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the area of William and Cheapside streets, just west of Adelaide Street.
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Police say officers found an injured woman on the road. She was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
At first, police thought she might have been hit by the Jeep but investigators now believe she tried to intervene during the theft and fell from the vehicle as it fled the area.
On Thursday, police said a citizen called police about a vehicle on fire in a field off Sovereign Road just after midnight.
Police located the vehicle and say the investigation has been reassigned to the street crime unit and officers are looking for two suspects, one of whom was believed to be in possession of a handgun at the time of the robbery.
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