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Driver foils gun toting hijack gang
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A TNT truck driver had a lucky escape when he foiled an attempted hijack at gunpoint in Cheshire.
The incident happened at around 9pm last Tuesday (9 November) in Ellesmere Port.The driver was travelling along West Road near 16 of the M53 when he was stopped by a Ford Ka and a Ford Transit van, which drove across his path.
A number of men got out of the vehicle and began attacking the cab with baseball bats and threatening the driver with what is believed to be a shotgun. But the driver ignored the threats and managed to drive through the roadblock to escape his assailants.
A TNT spokesman says: "The driver was unhurt, nothing was stolen from his vehicle and the lorry sustained only minor damage. Cheshire police continue to investigate the incident."
Contact: DC Walsh on 01244 613134 with any information.
• Police are also hunting a gang who abducted a truck driver and drove him 150 miles before dumping him in Manchester.
The incident happened at around 8pm last Tuesday (9 November) at Brackmills Industrial Estate, Northampton. The driver was asleep in his truck when several men entered the cab and bound and blindfolded him. The driver was taken away in a car, while his vehicle was stolen.
He was later left tied to a tree in Milnrow but broke free and alerted police from a nearby telephone box. The truck was recovered minus its load from a field at Schools Hill in Cheadle.
Contact: Rochdale CID on 0161 856 4646 with any information.