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Jewelry store thief struck by bus while making his great escape
12:02 PM CDT on Saturday, May 19, 2007
NEW YORK -- A thief fleeing a jewelry store was killed when his bicycle was struck by a bus, police said.
Authorities said the 42-year-old man snatched a $2,000 gold chain from the Bronx jewelry store on Friday and was making his getaway. A store clerk and two bystanders were chasing the man on foot when he pedaled into an intersection and was hit by a fast-moving bus, police said.
The suspect was taken to a hospital, where he died from head injuries. Five passengers who were jostled when the bus slammed on its brakes were also examined at the hospital.
“He lost his life for $2,000,” said the store’s owner, Lakhwinder Singh. “He’d sell it for maybe only two or three hundred. That makes no sense.”
The necklace was still missing, and may have been thrown from the scene or grabbed by a bystander after the accident.
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