South African truck heist hero placed under protection with his family after death threats
7 May, 2021 05:45 AM
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Footage has captured the moment a cash-in-transit truck in South Africa comes under a hail of bullets in a failed heist. Video / FUNKER530 via YouTube
Footage has captured the moment a cash-in-transit truck in South Africa comes under a hail of bullets in a failed heist. Video / FUNKER530 via YouTube
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A heroic cash-in-transit driver who earned viral fame for keeping his cool when his armoured truck came under attack in South Africa has been placed under protective guard after receiving death threats.
It takes years to forge balls of steel, plus five highlights from ‘Vrye Weekblad’ Here’s what’s hot in the latest edition of the Afrikaans digital weekly 07 May 2021 - 06:45 By TimesLIVE Driver Leo Prinsloo asks his colleague Lloyd Mtombeni to cock his rifle as bullets slam into the armoured vehicle. Screenshot. Image: Yusuf Abramjee/Twitter
Training and more training, years of experience and the right character these are the things that over the past few weeks have earned Leo Prinsloo international acclaim as the hero of the YouTube video “Failed Cash-In-Transit Heist Because Driver Has Balls Of Steel”.
At the time of writing, one version of this video with Prinsloo behind the wheel of a transit vehicle and Lloyd Mtombeni in the passenger seat had been watched more than 30 million times and screened as an insert by television channels around the world.
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Astonishing footage shows two men in the front of a cash-in-transit van in South Africa dodge bullets from hijackers looking to rob the vehicle, before the driver foils the criminals and maneuvers them to safety.
The video, posted by the SA Trucker website last week, shows driver Leo Prinsloo and Lloyd Mtombeni in the van driving through the city of Pretoria when another car attempts to drive past the van and shoot at it. The two men in the van are both wearing bulletproof vests.
Instincts ‘kicked in’ for Leo Prinsloo as he dodged armed robbers Only fourth day on the job for second man in security escort vehicle Nomahlubi Sonjica > By Nomahlubi Sonjica - 05 May 2021 - 09:10 The driver asks his colleague to cock his rifle as bullets slam into the armoured vehicle. Screenshot. Image: Yusuf Abramjee/Twitter
A security escort who dodged a hail of bullets while he and his colleague were driving in Pretoria said his cool response was based on preparedness and his instincts.
Speaking to eNCA, Leo Prinsloo said: “You sort of need to expect things like that to happen because it prepares your mind for what you need to do.
Instincts ‘kicked in’ for Leo Prinsloo as he dodged armed robbers Only fourth day on the job for second man in security escort vehicle 05 May 2021 - 08:07 By Nomahlubi Sonjica The driver asks his colleague to cock his rifle as bullets slam into the armoured vehicle. Screenshot. Image: Yusuf Abramjee/Twitter
A security escort who dodged a hail of bullets while he and his colleague were driving in Pretoria said his cool response was based on preparedness and his instincts.
Speaking to eNCA, Leo Prinsloo said: “You sort of need to expect things like that to happen because it prepares your mind for what you need to do.