Armored Truck Driver’s Crazy Escape From a Highway Heist Is Straight Out of an Action Movie
https://www.thedrive.com/news/40428/armored-truck-drivers-crazy-escape-from-a-highway-heist-is-straight-out-of-an-action-movieCrime is a big issue in South Africa, and a wild video of an attempted robbery of a cash-in-transit (CIT) vehicle on April 22 illustrates that fact pretty clearly. The short clip, which is making its rounds on social media, shows a vehicle driven by two security guards taking multiple hits from armed robbers in an attempt to stop their armored Toyota Land Cruiser.
According to SA Trucker, neither the driver nor the security guard were injured in the attempted robbery, although the suspects are still on the loose.
The ordeal took place in Pretoria, South Africa around 10:25 in the morning. The clip, embedded below, begins with the driver, who has been identified as Leo Prinsloo, driving down Highway N4, with a fellow driver/security guard who has not been identified. After a few curious checks to his mirrors, Prinsloo seems to sense something is wrong, and gunfire erupts shortly after. The truck's bulletproof glass windows are struck with several rounds as Prinsloo weaves the car through traffic, ramming two vehicles—at least one which was carrying the would-be robbers—in the process...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6qEee1_4fw
