VIDEO shows pursuit of a stolen car that ended with the death of a motorcycle courier in RS An attempted kidnapping, an app driver taken hostage for two hours, a police chase and the death of a motorcycle courier who was not involved in the case. All this happened between São Leopoldo and Novo Hamburgo on Sunday (26), resulting in the death of young Leonardo Machado, aged 24. According to the Municipal Guard of São Leopoldo, a municipality in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre, it all started when two men approached an app driver who was heading for a race. Upon arriving at the scene, he was surrendered. ? Access the g1 RS channel on WhatsApp His family members, who were monitoring his geolocation in real time, noticed something wrong, as described by the deputy commander of the São Leopoldo Municipal Guard, Alisson Graff. "He had informed that he was going home, but some time had passed and he never arrived. The family members had a map of the location of the vehicle that was being driven and said that the vehicle was on BR-116. So the Guard followed, located the vehicle and sounded the siren. The vehicle did not obey and began monitoring the streets of Novo Hamburgo", he reports. What followed was a chase that ended with the vehicle colliding with the motorcyclist. The 43-year-old app driver suffered injuries. Motorbike courier Leonardo was taken to the hospital, but did not survive. He leaves behind his wife and a son who turned one year old about two weeks ago. Suspect steals car, escapes and kills motorcycle courier run over during police chase VIDEO shows chase with stolen car that ended with death of motorcycle courier 'I made your favorite lunch': wife was waiting for motorcycle courier who was killed by stolen car while fleeing The Civil Police of Rio Grande do Sul continues to investigate the case, which was classified as “theft of an app driver resulting in death”. There are still relevant points to be investigated, according to the police, such as the identification of the person who requested the race and the exact address at which the individuals entered. During the period in which the driver was held hostage, one of the robbers got out of the vehicle and was not there during the chase. The reason for this to have occurred is also the subject of investigation. The assailant who remained in the car was arrested. He was injured in the collision and was taken to medical care. He was then taken to the Emergency Police Station (DPPA). This Monday (27), the police interviewed the victim of the robbery for the second time, the driver who is in a hospital, in order to clarify in more detail the circumstances and dynamics of the events. It will also analyze images from monitoring cameras to reconstruct the route taken by the car and identify who was actually driving the car during the events. According to the Civil Police, agents from the São Leopoldo Municipal Guard will also be interviewed again with the aim of supplementing information and clarifying aspects still pending. Suspect steals car, escapes and kills motorcycle courier run over during police chase in RS Images provided/DuduNews VIDEOS: Everything about RS
Assault, hostage app driver and police chase: understand the death of a motorcycle courier who was not involved in the case
VIDEO shows pursuit of a stolen car that ended with the death of a motorcycle courier in RS An attempted kidnapping, an app driver taken hostage for two hours, a police chase and the death of a motorcycle courier who...
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