Motorists steal petrol
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Most would agree that the current petrol price is a bit of a rip-off — now some motorists are repaying the favour by stealing fuel.
A KwaZulu-Natal pump attendant was injured when a motorist ran over him while speeding away from an Empangeni petrol station without paying on Tuesday evening.
Peter Morgan, the chief executive of the Fuel Retailers’ Association, said the incident was not isolated.
“There have been about 10 similar incidents over the past month,” he said.
“Every motorist is feeling the same pain. It is not isolated to one province. As soon as fuel prices increase, motorists fill up and speed off.
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