Cell Phone Thief Run Over By Bus [Video]
Bogota, Colombia — A cell phone thief literally threw himself under the bus when he tried to leave the scene of the crime.
This is not what you would call a clean getaway. See dramatic surveillance camera video embedded below.
The alleged mugger approached a woman and grabbed her cell phone at the bus station. She resisted, and seconds later, as he fled out the terminal door, he was nearly run over by an approaching bus that unbeknownst to him was pulling into the station. This incident of a suspected cell phone thief running into the path of an oncoming bus apparently happened earlier this month; the time stamp on the video is said to be incorrect.
You can see the horrified reactions of the other bystanders in the Bogota, Columbia, terminal as the man is run over by the bus. As ghastly as it looks on video, it turned out that would-be cell phone thief miraculously survived being struck by the bus and only suffered minor injuries. The victim even helped him get up. She recovered her phone as well.
Police arrested the suspect after he was treated at a local hospital. Authorities indicated that he had a long rap sheet. Several accomplices were also reportedly taken into custody that day.
Wireless device thefts of this nature have unfortunately become commonplace in the US and around the world. Police often refer to the perpetrators as so-called Apple pickers in reference to iPhone robberies.
Do you have any second thoughts these days about walking down the street while talking on your cell phone or otherwise using your wireless device in public?
Watch the surveillance video of the would-be cell phone thief being struck by a bus. Would you consider this an appropriate form of street justice — or bus-tice as some have called it?
