A naked man stole a fire truck at a South Carolina apartment complex and sped away, killing a pedestrian who was walking on a sidewalk, authorities said Saturday.
The fire engine driver, identified as 26-year-old Kalvin Hunt, drove about three kilometers Friday before he hit a man, careened off the road and crashed into some trees, authorities said. Hunt, who was pinned inside the fire truck, was freed by rescue workers, and then started assaulting two police officers, deputy police chief Dale McDorman told The Beaufort Gazette.
Brana Rogerson said she narrowly avoided a collision with the stolen engine, which plowed into six or seven other vehicles as it barreled through an intersection in Beaufort, which is located along the southeast coast of South Carolina.
“I’ve never seen a fire truck come out of nowhere like that,” Rogerson said. “The truck didn’t have its lights on. I knew it wasn’t a fireman behind the wheel.”
Justin Miller, 28, of Port Royal, was killed when he was hit as he walked with his brother, Beaufort County Coroner Ed Allen said Saturday. Firefighters with the Beaufort-Port Royal Fire Department had responded to the apartments for a rescue call, Allen said.
Hunt had not been charged Saturday in Miller’s death, said Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, which is investigating the fatality. Hunt is from Sumter, which is in the central part of the state.
Hunt, who did not have a telephone number listed, was taken to Beaufort Memorial Hospital with injuries. The hospital did not have him listed as a patient Saturday.
A Beaufort police spokeswoman told the Associated Press no one was available Saturday to talk about the crash. (AP)
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20대 남성, 소방차 훔쳐 타고 ‘알몸폭주’
미국 사우스캐롤라이나에서 한 남성이 알몸인 상태로 훔친 소방차를 타고 질주하다 보행자를 치어 죽이는 사건이 발생했다고 AP통신이 보도했다.
현지 경찰에 따르면 캘빈 헌트(26세)는 24일(현지시간) 소방차를 몰고 예닐곱 대의 차량과 부딪히며3 킬로미터 정도를 주행했다
이 소방차는 이후 인도를 걸어가던 저스틴 밀러를 치면서 나무를 들이받았다. 밀러는 그 자리에서 즉사했다.
사고 이후 차량에 갇혀있던 헌트는 뒤이어 출동한 구조대원들에게 구조되면서도 경찰들에게 폭행을 가했다.
그는 치료를 위해 뷰포트 메모리얼 병원으로 옮겨졌다.