Family's car containing luggage, passports stolen as they were heading on holiday

A family successful south-east Melbourne has been near shaken aft their car pinch passports and luggage wrong was stolen from their driveway conscionable arsenic they were mounting disconnected connected holiday.

The family-of-five was packing their car for a travel to Bali and were successful nan car shed erstwhile nan car was stolen arsenic it sat connected nan driveway connected Weston Drive successful Keysborough astir 4.15am today.

An chartless alleged thief jumped into nan unoccupied car and drove away.

He narrowly missed hitting nan parents arsenic they gave chase, yelling for him to stop, arsenic tin beryllium seen connected CCTV footage.

The children tin beryllium heard crying successful nan inheritance of nan video.

Nobody was wounded successful nan incident, nevertheless nan car contained luggage and passports, ruining nan family's planned travel to Bali.

"I consciousness for nan kids because each they wanted to do and each they talked astir was going connected nan plane," 1 of nan homeowners told 9News.

"My five-year old-daughter said, 'Mummy, why did nan man jump successful nan car?"

The missing car is simply a 2022 exemplary metallic Kia Carnival pinch registration DBS638.

The family person been told by constabulary that 2 car seats were recovered dumped successful Cranbourne, a fewer suburbs away, 9News reports.

An investigation into nan theft is ongoing.

Anyone pinch accusation is urged to interaction Crime Stoppers connected 1800 333 000.

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