A man has been charged with carjacking and assaulting a female pizza delivery driver at Lake Macquarie.
Police allege around 7:30 last night, the 21-year-old woman was in her delivery car when she was stopped by a man standing in the middle of Tennent Road, Mount Hutton.
It's there the man allegedly got in the vehicle and demanded she drive him to Warners Bay.
When she tried to get away, the man allegedly grabbed her around the neck - and members of the public came to her aid, contacting police.
Lake Macquarie Officers arrived on scene in time to find the 27-year-old man trying to break into another car - they arrested him and took him to the Mater Hospital for observation before he was eventually charged with several offences.
He'll face Newcastle Local Court today.
