A Jefferson County, Missouri man was arrested after he got naked, stole a late 1980s Chevrolet Silverado and rolled it into a yard.
According to The River Front Times, the 30-year-old suspect was visiting a friend at the South Woods Mobile Home Park in Imperial, Missouri when at some point he took his clothes off and began casually walking down the street. A witness recalled seeing him walking fully nude in her direction and saying “good morning,” to her before carrying on his way.
At some point, the naked man came across a running 1988 Chevrolet Silverado, hopped in it and drove off. He then got on the highway and began driving in the wrong direction, forcing oncoming cars to swerve out of his way. He eventually clipped a car, which sent him careening off the road and rolling into a nearby wooded yard. A witness that happened upon the crash noticed the truck was ablaze and that the driver had been fully ejected from the vehicle.
“I looked down and it was actually on fire and the guy was laying there with no clothes on,” they said.
Units responded to a MVA this morning near the intersection of 61-67 and Autumn Oaks. One victim was ejected and the truck caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished and RTAD cared for and transported the victim to a local hospital. -36 pic.twitter.com/Vo1ZBEnD6M
— Rock Community Fire (@RockCommunityFD) July 24, 2019
The suspect, who has not yet been named, was taken to hospital and later released while the sheriff’s office decides just how many crimes to charge him with. Theft and reckless driving charges imminent, but will deputies also charge him for his lack of clothes throughout the ordeal? We can’t let such heinous crimes go unpunished, in our opinion.
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Source/photos: River Front Times/Rock Community Fire District
Comments
it Is interesting how the naked person had a running vehicle at his disposal?
If it were me, maybe I’d have to hitchhike.
Considering it’s an 80s design, that’s a pretty decent crumble zone performance / cab survival space retention for what was essentially just like the new IIHS small overlap crash test. Wonder what the impact speed was
Truth is stranger than fiction.
“ULTIMATELY: The investigators NEED to find out his underlying issue behind HIS action’s & “DEMEANOR” driving him to do this act”!? “[MAKE the IRRESPONSIBLE man PAY 4 “THE ENTIRE REPAIR” of that truck or OFFER the TITLE OWNER a NEW TRUCK instead of having the owner pay the insurance to replace the truck]”!
From the looks of that truck, he did more than ‘roll into a yard’…Good Lord he pretty much destroyed the truck!
Did he get released from the hospital wearing a hospital gown????
At least he was a polite thief, saying good morning to the lady….I can hardly imagine the look on her face, She must have given her head a shake or two..(hope he had a good physique…).He must have been high on something. Fortunately he didn’t injure anyone.
Always good to not leave your vehicle running & unattended!