Philipsburg: -- Police arrested a 22 year old Rasta youth identified as R.A for assaulting an elderly truck driver. The incident occurred on Tuesday on Man Chung Drive St. Peters. Police Spokesman Johan Janchi Leonard said a Haitian man identified as L.O who is the driver of a flat bed truck with license plate V457 parked in the area as he was busy delivering items to the supermarket next door.
Leonard said the youth R.A came afterwards and parked behind the truck whose hand brakes was not properly up and the truck rolled backward hitting the young man’s car a red Hyundai Atos with license plate P 3341. Leonard said the vehicle was damaged to the back door and the young man R. A wanted the keys of the truck. He said when L.O refused to hand over the truck keys R.A began beating him up. To make matters worst the police spokesman said two other young men joined R.A and they beat the driver up so badly that he had to be transported to the St. Maarten Medical Center by ambulance. Leonard said when police arrived on the scene they met R.A but the two other culprits had already left the scene. Police has since arrested R.A pending the investigations while L.O was taken to the St. Maarten Medical Center for treatment.