It has emerged that on several occasions a 16-year-old boy stole a bus belonging to the Walloon public transport company LeTec in Tournai (Hainault Province). The youngster took the vehicle for a spin at night and abandoned the bus by morning Walloon daily SudInfo reports. The news has been confirmed by the bus company LeTec. According to one bus driver quoted, the youngster sometimes even picked up passengers during his night-time drives.
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16-year-old steals bus, plays bus driver at night and even picks up passengers!
Colin Clapson
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Yesterday morning it happened again: one of the buses at the depot of a LeTec subcontractor in Tournai had disappeared. The bus was eventually found in Mouscron, some 30 kilometres away.
The culprit? A 16-year-old boy!
The youngster has managed to break into the subcontractor’s depot in Tournai on several occasions. “He keeps stealing one of our buses, driving it around all night and leaving it somewhere by morning,” says Audrey Lepape, LeTec’s spokesperson.
One of the bus drivers told the SudInfo newspaper that the youngster even dared to pick up passengers at night. But the spokeswoman cannot confirm this.
The police had already identified the young man
‘We reported the stolen bus to the police every time, and the police have intervened,’ says Lepape. Yet this has not stopped the youngster from getting behind the wheel again.
‘We have now asked the subcontractor to improve security at the depot so that the youngster can no longer gain access. The public prosecutor is also investigating the incidents,’ Lepape adds.