Young robber dies from fall off truck

Young robber dies from fall off truck

BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A young suspect of a spate of road robberies, identified only as 19-year-old Her, died over the weekend of severe blood loss after falling from a truck he was allegedly robbing.

Antara reported that Her and other members of his gang often scattered nails on portions of the trans-Sumatra road and robbed trucks which stopped due to tire punctures. On Friday, Her had been on top of a speeding truck, unloading and throwing its cargo onto the road while his friends tried to make the driver stop, when he fell.

An accomplice, identified only as 18-year-old Er, brought Her to the Kotabumi Hospital. Her died 10 hours later.

Upon receiving tip-offs from truck drivers and other motorists, police arrested Her and Er at the hospital and are currently trying to track down the other members of the gang. (swe)