Suspects of robbing a gas station are involved in a traffic accident when they flee on a motorcycle; one died | Presidente Prudente and Region

Camera captures the moment of the accident that killed a gas station robbery suspect

A boy died as a result of a traffic accident in the early afternoon of this Wednesday (1st), in the Residencial Nosaki neighborhood, in Presidente Prudente (SP) (see video above).

He was the occupant of a motorcycle that crashed into a tree, a public lighting pole and a traffic sign on the stretch of Avenida Joaquim Constantino near the corner of Rua Nelson Botosso.

Another boy, who was on the same motorcycle, was injured and was arrested red-handed by the Military Police. He was restrained by people who were at the scene until the agents arrived.

According to the PM, the two men are suspected of robbing a gas station, located in Parque dos Girassóis, and fleeing with the motorcycle minutes before the traffic accident. With a pickup truck, a 25-year-old young man, who was in the commercial establishment’s office and was one of the victims of the robbery, followed the boys until the motorcycle driver lost control of the steering wheel and crashed the vehicle at Residencial Nosaki.

Nearby security cameras captured the moment of the accident. In the images, it is possible to see the motorcycle traveling along Avenida Joaquim Constantino when it is overtaken by the pickup truck, which was following it. After the motorcycle collision, the pickup continues forward and disappears from the video.

A .765 caliber pistol, with nine live cartridges, was seized and it is suspected that the firearm belonged to one of the motorcycle’s occupants.

Victim care was provided by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (Same).

The Scientific Police were called to investigate the causes and circumstances of what happened. The case is investigated by the Civil Police.

While the police teams were responding to the incident at the scene, traffic slowed down from Álvares Machado (SP) to Presidente Prudente, but has now returned to normal.

According to information provided by the Civil Police, two armed men broke into the office of a transport company that occupies one of the commercial rooms in a gas station located in Parque dos Girassóis and stole, late in the morning, gold jewelry, being two necklaces, four bracelets, a wedding band and a diamond ring, and a wristwatch. The suspects then fled on a motorcycle along Avenida Joaquim Constantino.

The robbers wore helmets and caps and each of them carried a firearm, according to a report from one of the robbery victims. The robbers demanded money and jewelry. The victims handed over the jewelry they had and the criminals left the scene with the motorcycle.

Also according to the Civil Police, father and son, who were two of the four victims of the robbery, all from the same family, followed the suspects with a pickup truck and in the area close to the corner of Rua Nelson Botosso the vehicle they were in hit the motorcycle, the which caused the driver to lose control of the steering wheel and subsequently collide with a traffic sign, an electricity distribution pole and a tree.

As a result of the motorcycle collision, a 32-year-old man died at the scene.

The other young man, aged 24, who was also on the motorcycle, was arrested red-handed by military police officers and taken to the Civil Police Participatory Station. Due to the injuries suffered when the motorcycle fell, he was hospitalized and remained under Military Police escort, with no risk of death. The Civil Police represented the court by converting his arrest in the act into preventive detention.

According to the Civil Police, the driver of the vehicle that hit the motorcycle was not located.

To military police, the 25-year-old boy stated that he was in the office, with his mother and sister, when the robbery took place. He said that, after the robbery, he took his pickup truck and began chasing the criminals, in order to identify them and recover the stolen goods, until at the intersection near the Associação Atlética Banco do Brasil (AABB) he hit the motorcycle and its occupants. .

According to the Civil Police, investigations into the case will identify whether the pickup truck driver acted in a way that was essential to the return of stolen goods or whether he exceeded in an intentional or negligent manner.

Police investigations will attempt to determine whether the driver’s action was justified in the context of repossessing the jewelry or whether there was excessive, intentional or reckless use.

In this context, according to the Civil Police, the investigations will focus on the proportionality and legitimacy of the use of force during the attempt to recover possession of the jewelry and also whether the driver’s father, in some way, contributed to the event.