1 000 Loaves of Bread Stolen in KZN Bread Delivery Van Hijacking

• Three armed hijackers fled with 1 000 loaves of bread after stealing a bread delivery vehicle in KwaZulu-Natal
• Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) members banded together with Tracker to locate the hijacked vehicle
• The suspects cut open the 'safe' at the back of the delivery vehicle and stole the 'loot' before abandoning the truck in a sugarcane plantation

DURBAN - A bread delivery vehicle was hijacked in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. While the vehicle was recovered, the suspects managed to steal 1 000 loaves of bread.

Three armed suspects driving a Hyundai H100 bakkie hijacked a bread delivery vehicle and cut open the safe at the back to steal the loaves of bread inside.

Luckily Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) members were able to locate the truck due to Tracker giving them information that the stolen vehicle was displayed on their system as being located 28 kilometres from Verulam.

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How RUSA found the vehicle

This morning, a RUSA member in a helicopter was patrolling over Brindhaven, KwaZulu-Natal when he changed the direction to that of the hijacked vehicle. He saw the truck in a sugarcane plantation near Osindisweni Hospital.

RUSA officers were alerted to the situation and found the bakkie with its keys in the ignition. The bread delivery truck driver was not injured.

Couple killed in hit-and-run while crossing R102 in Verulam

Previously, Briefly News reported on an unknown woman and her partner who were the victims of a hit-and-run incident on the R102 between the Ottawa and Verulam intersection.

Captain Nqobile Gwala for the SAPS Kwa-Zulu Natal Media Centre told Briefly News that the incident occurred around 11:30am on Tuesday morning when two pedestrians were run over by a truck while crossing the road.

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The woman was killed and the man was critically injured in the incident, later dying in hospital. The couple were found by a Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) member, who was alerted to the scene by pedestrians while driving down the south-bound lane.

Following an assessment by medics, the woman was found to be fatally injured. The high impact of the collision caused the man to sustain critical injuries. He passed away shortly after arriving at the hospital.

Source: Briefly News