As the saying goes, we rely on our parents at home and on friends when we go out. Will you give a hand to some strangers for help, or will you leave as soon as possible?
Maybe everyone`s opinion is different, then this event is also a wake-up for the warm-hearted.
A hitchhiker was arrested on a highway near Karratha and charged with threatening a truck driver during a riot Sunday morning, throwing stones at gas station windows and setting fire to a fuel pump. The gas station was badly damaged.
At about 9 a.m. on Sunday, a truck driver headed for Karratha on the northwest coast highway. Ten kilometers north of the Pannawonica turn-off, a man and a woman stopped him, claiming to be husband and wife, and told the truck driver that their car was running out of gas. I hope the truck driver can take them to the next gas station.
The truck driver agreed to take them to the next gas station and the couple got on the truck. Along the way, the man became erratic in his eyes and behaved strangely. As the truck driver prepared to turn, the man grabbed the wheel and threatened him verbally.
The truck driver continued to drive, and when they arrived at a Coles express station on Madigan Road, the man tried to push the truck driver out of the car.
The man tried to control the vehicle by stepping on the accelerator and turning the ignition device, but when he failed, the couple got off the truck, police said.
Susan Usher, a spokesman for the Western Australian Police, said: the man later became more irritable and agitated. He threw stones at the gas station building, damaged two glass panels, then threw the fuel pump to the ground and lit the tip of the hose with a cigarette lighter, causing a small fire. Fortunately, the staff and the crowd put out the fire without causing casualties.
It is understood that the 32-year-old man, named Millars Well, is currently charged with two counts: one count of injury and one count of intent to injure. He will appear in Karratha District Court on Monday.
