CA Owner of Unique Truck Watches it Being Pursued, Destroyed

Dec. 14, 2022
The truck crashed into a fruit stand in Los Angeles narrowly missing pedestrians.

If it wasn't bad enough that Joe Montoya's prized truck was stolen, he watched it being pursued by police before it crashed into a fruit stand.

Montoya told a KTLA reporter: “I’ve had that in the family for a long time and I really took care of it. For me, it cost a lot of money. I depend on that truck heavily. I do all kinds of property maintenance.”

While he's broken-hearted about his truck, he's still thankful no one was killed when it veered into the fruit stand and food vender truck. 

“...It's a very unique truck. t is a ‘99, so it’s older and it’s unique in that I took very good care of it. I paid a lot of money for it and I worked many hours to get that truck. I can spot that truck. You wouldn’t see one around like that.”

One person was injured. 

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