RUMOUR CONFIRMED: A family out on a Sunday drive have managed to escape after an attempted carjacking in Melbourne’s outer south-east.

Tristan told Ross and John he was driving around the Clyde North area looking for a basketball court to play on with his wife and children.

“We go past the school, here’s this Sudanese bloke laying in the middle of the road,” he said.

“We slowed down to a halt, he jumped on our bonnet and screaming to open the car up.”

The family managed to escape and contact police.

Investigations are continuing.

Click PLAY to hear Tristan detail the incident