Monday evening, an employee at an Oklahoma City Trucking Company saw something attached to the fuel tank of his rock hauler. After removing it, the employee realized it was an explosive device and called 911.
Sgt. Gary Knight, assistant public information officer for the Oklahoma City Police Department, told Land Line Magazine that the Oklahoma City Bomb Squad responded to the scene where they confirmed the device was a PVC pipe bomb.
While investigating the scene, the bomb squad found another explosive device under the cab of the same truck. Both devices were destroyed at the scene by the bomb squad. No one was injured.
Investigators made an arrest Tuesday, Dec. 11, a day after an employee at an Oklahoma City Trucking Company found something attached to the fuel tank of his rock hauler – which turned out to be a pipe bomb.
Sgt. Knight told Land Line Magazine that the Oklahoma City Bomb Squad responded to the scene where they confirmed the device was a PVC pipe bomb. While investigating the scene Monday night, the bomb squad found another explosive device under the cab of the same truck. Both devices were destroyed at the scene by the bomb squad. No one was injured.
OOIDA Director of Security Operations Doug Morris says if a trucker sees something suspicious attached to or near the vehicle, do not attempt to remove it. “The safest thing to do is call police and stay away from it, and keep others away from it,” he said.
Some explosive devices are designed to detonate when they detect motion, therefore just touching a suspicious package could be dangerous. Morris also advised there are many forms a home-made explosive could take such as a pipe or a package. Giveaways may include wires protruding from a device or a package that seems overwrapped with a lot of tape.
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