Ex-Employee Drives Large Loader Onto Mercedes-Benz Plant Property
VITORIA, Spain—A disgruntled former employee of a Mercedes-Benz plant here reportedly stole a Caterpillar front-end loader from a construction site on New Year's Eve, drove it to the plant and rammed through the property gate before destroying nearly 70 vehicles. Police claim the 38-year-old man was trying to get inside the assembly line area, where he could have caused far more damage.
Luckily, the only employees at the plant were part of the maintenance and security teams, and production wasn't underway. Had he broken into the plant itself, he could have damaged just-assembled Mercedes-Benz V-Class vans.