세상이 갈수록 험악해지고 있다. $30만달러 '람보기니'고급 스포츠카를 강도맞으면서 차안의 $8만달러 상당의 귀중품도 빼았겼다. 경찰이 있으면 뭐할것이며, 옛말에 '도적놈 한놈을 순경 10명이 당해내지 못한다'라는 말의 뜻이 요즘은 정말로 실감난다.
요즘같은 세상에는 남의 눈에 띄는 사치품중의 하나인 고급 차량을 타고 다니는것도 조심스럽지만, Peng Bao 라는 27세의 청년이 동승하고 있던 여자친구를, 토론토의 가장 번화가인 Yonge과 Bloor에서 내려주는 사이, 한사나이가 갑자기 나타나 운전석의 차문을 확 열어젖히고 푸른색의 Lamborghini Urus의 운전석에 앉아있는 그의 싯트벨트를 풀어젖히고, 조용히 귀에대고 속삭였는데, "두얼굴사이의 거리는 불과 거의 딱 부딪칠 정도의 간격이었다. 나는 즉각 반격할려고 자세를 취했었지만 그의 손에는 칼이 쥐어져 있는것을 보았었다"
27세의 Peng Bao는 설명하기를, 나를 차에서 끌어내리고 머리를 쥐어 박고 발로 걷어차면서 나를 향해 인종차별적인 소리를 질러 나를 경악케 했었다. 강도범은 그의 차 람보기니의 키를 넘기라고 요구 했는데, 나는 즉각 그가 하라는데로 하면서, 제발 신체적 상해는 입히지 말라고 애원하기까지 했었다.
그의 설명에 따르면 강도범들은 키를 넘겨 받자마자 바로 달아나 버렸었다. 한편 그의 여자친구는 옆에 있는 콘도로 달려가 경비원에게 알리고 바로 911에 신고를 했었다고 한다. 토론토 경찰이 금요일 CTV 뉴스에 알려준 바에 따르면, 금요일 한밤중 12시경에 차강도가 있었다는 보고를 받았다고 했다. 현재 경찰은 이강도사건을 조사중이며 현재로서는 강도범의 인상착의및 외모에 대해서는 전혀 알려진게 없다고 한다.
Bao군의 설명에 따르면 경찰과 구급차량이 바로 도착하여 상황 설명을 그로 부터 자세히 들었지만, 치료를 요할만한 신체적 상처는 없었다고 한다. 강도당할 당시, 차안에는 고급시계들과, 2개의 휴대전화, 지갑, 핸드백 그리고 선글라스등등이 있었으며, 그물건들을 돈으로 치면 약 $8만달러쯤 될것이라고 한다.
강도맞은 차는 그의 소유로 그의 부모로 부터 약 2년전에 선물로 받은 것이라고 했다. 그는 금요일에 차보험회사에 바로 연락을 취했으며, 강도맞은 차와 잃어버린 물품에 대한 보상을 완전히 받을 것으로 생각한다고 설명했다.
Bao군은 불행중 다행인것은 강도맞을 당시 신체적 부상을 당하지 않은것에 감사할 뿐이며, 정신적인 상처가 심하게 괴롭히고 있다고 했다. 그가 눈을 감고 있으면 강도당하는 순간의 기억들이 떠올라 괴롭히고 있다고 하소연을 했다.
"나는 내가 고등학교 다닐때 캐나다로 이주 했는데, 정확히 그때가 11년전이었다. 현재 토론토에서 엔지니어계통의 회사를 창업하여 활동하고있는 Bao군은 설명하기를 " 그러한 끔찍한 강도사고가 나에게서 일어날것이라고는 꿈에도 상상 못했었는데, 정말로 이번 강도사건은 나에게 너무도 큰 충격을 주었다"라고 한탄이었다.
속담에 "모난돌이 정을 맞는다"라는 옛말이 회자되는 강도사건이다. 만약에 그가 그렇게 비싼 스포츠 차량을 운전하지 않았었다면 천당과 지옥을 오가는 순간의 참극이 일어나지는 않았을 것이다. 요즘 전세계의 대도시에서는 이렇게 끔찍한 유사한 사고들이 줄지어 일어나고 있다.
요즘 뉴스에 따르면 대한민국의 도로를 달리고 있는 차량들의 약 절반 가량이 외국산 비싼 차들이라고 한다. 시사하는바가 무척 큰것 같다. 더욱히 Pandemic으로 모두가 고통받고 있는 이심점에서 말이다. 유럽및 북미 그리고 다른 콘티넨트에서도 한국의 현대와 기아차가 인기리에 잘 팔리고 있는데.....아이러니 하다.
요즘의 전세계 젊은이들에게는 '람보기니' 스포츠카를 타는게 로망일것일 수도 있지만, 그럴수록 더 많은 위협이 도사리고 있다는것도 깊이 마음속에 새겨 두면서 세상 살아갔으면 한다.
그가 정신적 상처에서 속히 회복되여 정상적으로 그가 창업한 회사에서 다시 열심히 일할수 있게 되기를 기원한다.
Peng Bao, 27, said his Lamborghini was stolen on Nov. 4 during a carjacking in Toronto. (Supplied)
Published Friday, November 5, 2021 9:22PM EDT
A Toronto man says he is in shock after his $300,000 Lamborghini, along with about $80,000 of belongings, were stolen when carjackers opened the door of his car while he was driving and pulled him out.
Peng Bao said he was dropping off a colleague late Thursday night around Yonge and Bloor streets when a person came out of nowhere and opened the driver's door of his blue Lamborghini Urus, leaned over him and unbuckled his seat belt.
"His face and my face were only one inch apart," Bao told CTV News Toronto on Friday. "I was trying to fight back at first but then I saw a knife."
The 27-year-old said the suspects yelled racial slurs at him before he was thrown to the ground, punched in the head, and kicked.
He said the suspects demanded he hand over the key to his Lamborghini, which he did while pleading with them not to hurt him.
Bao said within a minute of the suspects opening his door, they were driving away with his car.
Meanwhile, he said his colleague ran into her nearby condo to alert security and call 911.
Toronto police confirmed to CTV News Toronto on Friday they were called just before midnight for reports of a robbery and carjacking.
They said the investigation is ongoing and no suspect descriptions are available.
Bao said police and paramedics arrived quickly and took a statement from him, but he did not require any medical treatment.
He said expensive watches, two phones, a wallet, handbag and glasses were in the car when it was taken. He said those items are worth about $80,000.
Bao said he has owned the car, which was a gift from his parents, for about two years.
He said he spoke with his insurance company on Friday and believes he will be covered for his losses.
Bao said he's thankful he's not physically injured but has been left mentally traumatized. He said whenever he closes his eyes he gets violent flashbacks from the robbery.
"I came to Canada when I was in high school, which is 11 years ago," Bao, who founded a tech start-up in Toronto, said. "I never thought a crime would happen to me."
"It really, really shocked me."
A Toronto man says he is in shock after his $300,000 Lamborghini, along with about $80,000 of belongings, were stolen when carjackers opened the door of his car while he was driving and pulled him out.
Peng Bao said he was dropping off a colleague late Thursday night around Yonge and Bloor streets when a person came out of nowhere and opened the driver's door of his blue Lamborghini Urus, leaned over him and unbuckled his seat belt.
"His face and my face were only one inch apart," Bao told CTV News Toronto on Friday. "I was trying to fight back at first but then I saw a knife."
The 27-year-old said the suspects yelled racial slurs at him before he was thrown to the ground, punched in the head, and kicked.
He said the suspects demanded he hand over the key to his Lamborghini, which he did while pleading with them not to hurt him.
Bao said within a minute of the suspects opening his door, they were driving away with his car.
Meanwhile, he said his colleague ran into her nearby condo to alert security and call 911.
Toronto police confirmed to CTV News Toronto on Friday they were called just before midnight for reports of a robbery and carjacking.
They said the investigation is ongoing and no suspect descriptions are available.
Bao said police and paramedics arrived quickly and took a statement from him, but he did not require any medical treatment.
He said expensive watches, two phones, a wallet, handbag and glasses were in the car when it was taken. He said those items are worth about $80,000.
Bao said he has owned the car, which was a gift from his parents, for about two years.
He said he spoke with his insurance company on Friday and believes he will be covered for his losses.
Bao said he's thankful he's not physically injured but has been left mentally traumatized. He said whenever he closes his eyes he gets violent flashbacks from the robbery.
"I came to Canada when I was in high school, which is 11 years ago," Bao, who founded a tech start-up in Toronto, said. "I never thought a crime would happen to me."
"It really, really shocked me."
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