SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Police said a 37-year-old man driving a dump truck led them on an hour-long chase over roads, rails and yards in the Syracuse area that ended with the suspect being shot. The Onondaga County Sheriff said Stanley Lostumbo jumped into a dump truck Tuesday night after being accused of stealing from vending machines at a mall.
Police pursued the truck on a highway, through backyards and school grounds and down railroad tracks at speeds up to 65 mph before stopping it at a barricade in East Syracuse.
Police said Lostumbo reversed the truck and hit a sheriff's vehicle and officers fired, apparently striking Lostumbo in the shoulder. He was briefly hospitalized for minor injuries.
Deputies were questioning Lostumbo. It was not clear if he had a lawyer.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_dump_truck_chase
Police pursued the truck on a highway, through backyards and school grounds and down railroad tracks at speeds up to 65 mph before stopping it at a barricade in East Syracuse.
Police said Lostumbo reversed the truck and hit a sheriff's vehicle and officers fired, apparently striking Lostumbo in the shoulder. He was briefly hospitalized for minor injuries.
Deputies were questioning Lostumbo. It was not clear if he had a lawyer.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100901/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_dump_truck_chase
