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Old 12-21-2007, 11:47 AM
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Default FedEx truck hijacked in holiday heist in N.Y.

At least nobody tried to hijack a fully loaded MD-11!

From Associated Press:

NEW YORK - Gunmen hijacked a FedEx delivery truck loaded with Christmas presents early Friday on a Manhattan street, officials said.

The driver, who was found later in Brooklyn, was not hurt, police and FedEx Corp. spokesman Steve Barber said.

The truck — an 18-wheeler and one of the biggest FedEx vehicles — was found abandoned in Brooklyn about 5:30 a.m. Police said none of the property appeared to be missing.

"We don't know whether anything is missing at this point. But this is a busy time of the year, and people are shipping Christmas presents," Munoz said.

The truck was headed to a company facility in Newark after midnight when two men brandishing a gun confronted the driver at a traffic light, police said. The driver was forced out of the truck and into a car. He was found about four hours earlier in Brooklyn, police said.

Sandra Munoz, a FedEx spokeswoman at the company's headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., said the company could not estimate the value of the cargo until police released the truck, which can hold as much as 80,000 pounds when full.
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Old 12-21-2007, 12:36 PM
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That's what I call a front end deviation....
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Originally Posted by vagabond View Post
At least nobody tried to hijack a fully loaded MD-11!

From Associated Press:

NEW YORK - Gunmen hijacked a FedEx delivery truck loaded with Christmas presents early Friday on a Manhattan street, officials said.

The driver, who was found later in Brooklyn, was not hurt, police and FedEx Corp. spokesman Steve Barber said.

The truck — an 18-wheeler and one of the biggest FedEx vehicles — was found abandoned in Brooklyn about 5:30 a.m. Police said none of the property appeared to be missing.

"We don't know whether anything is missing at this point. But this is a busy time of the year, and people are shipping Christmas presents," Munoz said.

The truck was headed to a company facility in Newark after midnight when two men brandishing a gun confronted the driver at a traffic light, police said. The driver was forced out of the truck and into a car. He was found about four hours earlier in Brooklyn, police said.

Sandra Munoz, a FedEx spokeswoman at the company's headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., said the company could not estimate the value of the cargo until police released the truck, which can hold as much as 80,000 pounds when full.
Gotta' love that AP..... was this a magic car? Was it a DeLorian? How could he be found four hours before he was lost.
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Originally Posted by Deez340 View Post
Gotta' love that AP..... was this a magic car? Was it a DeLorian? How could he be found four hours before he was lost.
the truck driver was found 4 hours earlier than the truck since he was kidnapped.
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Originally Posted by Deez340 View Post
Gotta' love that AP..... was this a magic car? Was it a DeLorian? How could he be found four hours before he was lost.
This is just another perfect example of why low time writers should have to pay their dues before moving up to the professional writing...

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This is just another perfect example of why low time writers should have to pay their dues before moving up to the professional writing...

Good one! A valid point to be sure. You did get the joke right?
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