Woman and son carjacked at Adelaide's Smithfield McDonald's

AN armed man threatened to stab a woman and her young son before stealing their car at knife-point at a McDonalds store in Adelaide's northern suburbs last night.

She was in the waiting lane of the fast food outlet on Main North Rd, Smithfield, about 5.50pm when a man of Aboriginal appearance threatened her with the knife.

The terrified woman put the keys to the car on the roof and grabbed her young son out of the car as the carjacker got into the driver's seat.

The woman was too distraught to talk to AdelaideNow, but witness Danny and his wife Hayley with their to children were behind the victim's car and saw the robbery take place.

"I looked up and saw the man get into the woman's car. Then she came to my car door saying: 'He's stolen my car', so I got out and approached the car," Danny said. "He locked the door on the car and drove off.

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