Man stealing catalytic converter crushed to demise in Union County, deputies say – WSOC TV

UNION COUNTY, N.C. — A person who was within the strategy of making an attempt to steal a catalytic converter was killed when the automobile he was beneath fell on him, authorities mentioned.

In accordance with the Union County Sheriff’s Workplace, deputies had been known as Wednesday night to a house on West Unionville Indian Path Street.

After they obtained to the scene, investigators discovered a person lifeless beneath a Toyota Prius.

“The house owner pulls into the driveway,” mentioned James Maye, with the Union County Sheriff’s Workplace. “He’s obtained a number of automobiles in his driveway and sees principally the decrease half of an individual protruding from the entrance bumper of his Toyota Prius.”

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Detectives mentioned they discovered proof indicating that the person was within the strategy of slicing off and stealing the automobile’s catalytic converter. Sooner or later through the slicing of the exhaust pipe, the Prius fell off the jack, crushing the person.

“It seems the automobile fell down on high of him whereas he was making an attempt to chop the catalytic converter off,” Maye mentioned.

Deputies mentioned the person didn’t stay on the dwelling. His title has not been launched.

“A catalytic converter and the small quantity of scrap worth it holds will not be well worth the threat of dropping your life,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a launch.

The investigation is ongoing.

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