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Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 10.03.2007
MESA, Ariz. -- Witnesses who saw a man stuck and fatally injured by a truck that careened into a bus stop watched in shock as thieves made off with his groceries, which were scattered across a parking lot.
Mesa police say the victim was waiting for a bus after grocery shopping Tuesday evening when the driver of a pickup swerved off the road and onto the sidewalk in west Mesa.
The suspect fled the scene after crashing through the bus stop, police said.
Boro Mitrovich said he was sitting close to the victim, who he described as elderly, when he was hit.
"He didn't even know what happened," said Mitrovich, 51, of Mesa, who dove out of the way. "The old man took the brunt of it," he said.
The man was thrown across a parking lot, landing in front of a restaurant and pawn and loan shop.
It was there that witnesses said people in the parking lot "began picking up the groceries and taking them," said Mesa police spokesman Detective Steve Berry.
As he was checking on the victim, Mitrovich said the man's groceries quickly disappeared. "One minute it's on the ground, the next minute it's gone," Mitrovich said.
If caught, the people who stole the groceries could face charges of theft, Berry said.
Police, using a helicopter, tracked the driver of the pickup truck to an apartment complex less than two miles from the hit-and-run scene.
By the time police got there, the driver had ditched the truck and fled, Berry said.
The front of the truck was mangled and missing a headlight. A white, plastic shopping bag was still stuck to the grill.
Police were interviewing residents at the apartment complex late Tuesday trying to get a description of the driver, but they did not have a suspect, Berry said.
The driver likely will face felony charges of leaving the scene of a fatal crash, Berry said.
Police didn't release the identity of the victim.
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