Trucker assaulted during robbery attempt

  • A black male driving this van allegedly broke into a truck parked at the westbound rest area and later pointed a gun at the truck driver. CONTRIBUTED
    A black male driving this van allegedly broke into a truck parked at the westbound rest area and later pointed a gun at the truck driver. CONTRIBUTED
A truck driver trying to get some sleep at the westbound rest area near milepost 108 on I-20 in Morgan County found himself staring down the barrel of the gun on the afternoon of April 14. According to Lt. Joseph Pritchett of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the 39-year-old truck driver from New Boston, Texas, woke to find a U-Haul van parked directly behind his tractor-trailer in the truck…

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