From Chicago Sun-Times · · 1m 30s
A mail truck vanishes on South State Street
A postal worker stepped out for one delivery in the Loop, and someone drove off with the truck.
In brief
A postal worker stepped out for one delivery in the Loop, and someone drove off with the truck. The theft lasted minutes: a worker stepped away, a man took the truck, and Chicago police stopped it in traffic and made an arrest with no injuries. Originally reported by Chicago Sun-Times.
Someone took the mail truck
A man drove off with a United States Postal Service truck Saturday evening in the Loop, Chicago police said.
“A man stole a United States Postal Service truck Saturday evening in the Loop.”
7:50 p.m., South State
It happened around 7:50 p.m. in the 1100 block of South State Street, a busy stretch on the south edge of downtown.
One delivery, truck gone
The postal worker had stepped out of the truck to drop off a delivery. That was the window.
“A USPS worker exited the mail truck to make a delivery around 7:50 p.m.”
He got in and drove
With the worker away from the vehicle, the man climbed into the mail truck and pulled away.
The worker called police
The postal employee reported the theft, and officers began looking for the truck almost immediately.
A traffic stop that failed
Officers spotted the truck and tried to pull it over. The driver kept going.
“But the truck didn't stop and sideswiped a car trying to flee, according to police.”
Sideswiped while fleeing
Getting away meant clipping another vehicle. The truck sideswiped a car as it ran from officers.
Spotted again, arrested
Police found the truck a second time, stuck in traffic, and stopped it. The man got out and was taken into custody. No one was hurt.
“Police said no one was injured.”
What matters most
The theft lasted minutes: a worker stepped away, a man took the truck, and Chicago police stopped it in traffic and made an arrest with no injuries.
