Delivery driver carjacked in Berkeley on Thursday
The victim, a 39-year-old San Leandro man, told police the culprit got into his car when he left to make a delivery.
A man sustained minor injuries Thursday in Berkeley when he was carjacked while making a delivery, authorities report.
The man was in the 2100 block of 10th Street, near Addison Street, when the carjacking happened shortly before 5 p.m., Berkeley police said in response to a Scanner inquiry.
The carjacker stole the man's phone and car, a 2016 Toyota Prius, according to emergency dispatches reviewed by The Scanner.
The victim reported the carjacking about 20 minutes later through a Chinese language translation line.
The victim, a 39-year-old San Leandro man, told police the culprit got into his car when he left to make a delivery.
There was a struggle when the victim tried to get back into the car, police said, and the culprit managed to drive away on Mabel Street.
The driver sustained lacerations to the eye and was assessed at the scene by the Berkeley Fire Department.
Berkeley police were able to track the phone into Oakland.
Police in Tracy, about an hour east of the crime scene, later recovered the vehicle with three people inside.
As of publication time, police were working to determine whether the trio was linked to the Berkeley case.
Carjackings in Berkeley are rare
Carjacking reports are rare in Berkeley. There have been just 10 others this year, according to Berkeley police data. Most years, they hover around 14.
Robberies overall in Berkeley — which averaged about one a day for many years— have (for the most part) dropped steeply since the pandemic.
This year, there have been fewer than 150 robberies reported in Berkeley, well below historic averages even accounting for the months that remain in 2025.
