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Lake Nona woman carjacked, suspect takes off with her Corvette, deputies say

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County deputies are looking for a man who carjacked a woman’s Corvette.

According to deputies, a woman in her 30s called 911 Thursday around 8 p.m. and reported she was walking to her apartment on Dwell Court in Lake Nona when a man pulled a gun, demanding her purse and keys.

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The woman said the man got in her Corvette and sped off, driving north on SR-417, according to deputies.

The car was found abandoned nearby a short time later.

The suspect is still on the run, deputies said. The woman was not hurt.

Deputies said the carjacking was not related to another incident on SR-417 Thursday night in which an armed robbery suspect led deputies on a chase from Orange to Seminole counties before crashing near Lake Mary Boulevard.

Read: Robbery suspect leads deputies on two-county chase ending with crash

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