A sales representative in London, Ontario recently had the worst sales experience of his life. Moe Alkaissy is lucky to be alive and in relatively good condition after being pushed onto the hood of a stolen car and driven onto a major city street.
The ordeal started when Alkaissy, 23, was showing a clean-cut young man a BMW M4. The man asked the sales representative to start the engine so he could hear it. He then asked to take a call in the vehicle for privacy.
Speaking to CBC, Mustafa Alkaissy, who owns the Sport Motor dealership, said that his brother Moe assumed the thief “had to consult his parents or something. It’s a big purchase.”
In a Facebook post from the dealership, they also said that the key was not in the car.
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Once in the car, the suspect drove off, running into Alkaissy who said he was just hanging on for dear life. The thief drove onto one of London’s busiest streets, driving into oncoming traffic and even running a red light in an apparent attempt to shake the sales rep off the car.
He then turned, shortly after which Alkaissy fell off the car. This is perversely fortunate, because Highbury Avenue, the street onto which the sales rep fell, continues onto the 401, Canada’s busiest freeway.
“Watching it, I just think, ‘This could have gone wrong so many different ways, a million different ways,” Moe Alkaissy told CBC. “I can remember everything that happened, and I know in that moment, it was fight or flight. It was hang on to the car, or fall off and probably die.”
The car has not yet been recovered, though the police and BMW were both notified. According to Sport Motor’s Facebook post, the car’s GPS showed that its last location was just north of Toronto, about two hours east of London.
As for Moe Alkaissy, he is apparently having trouble walking as a result of a hurt knee and road rash on his feet but, thankfully, did not sustain life-threatening injuries.
“We’re speechless,” said his brother. “For this to happen in broad daylight on our city streets, why do these guys think it’s okay to do this midday? Do they have no regard for anything or anyone?”