Looters help themselves to 'free' beer
A truck transporting beer has lost its load on the N12 near Lenasia.
Some motorists and passers-by just couldn't resist the temptation of not helping themselves.
A video has surfaced on social media of the goods being looted on Friday afternoon.
Scores of people can be seen helping themselves to crates of beer.
Shattered glass also lay strewn across the side of the road.
Beer ?? load being looted on Death Bend N12 W ( heading towards Lenasia ) earlier
— CCI Network (@cci_network) September 29, 2017
(SAB truck lost load 13:20) @JMPDSafety now on scene pic.twitter.com/9c6CaPbdob
Johannesburg Metro Police Department spokesperson Edna Mamonyane says a South African Breweries truck overturned at the bend.
"The driver lost control of the vehicle and lost its load. Members of the public rushed to the truck and helped themselves."
Social media users had some hilarious responses to the fiasco.
they cleaning, not stealing.
— ollabap (@pabzza) September 29, 2017
How do you STEAL something that's LOST?😂😂 You PICK it! Whether yu return it back after picking is another question altogether! 😁
— Mvuseleli Hermanus (@Mivusiwe) September 29, 2017
They can't sell that stock either way, so my people are helping with clean up operations.
— Assassin PHAMUWA (@PHAMUWA) September 29, 2017
— Seikaneng Keileloang (@Six_Mane) September 29, 2017
Thank God it's Friday. These looters must be overjoyed pic.twitter.com/zkmqqNvzKl
— N'waCash (@dudufatso) September 29, 2017
This is not the first time motorists have helped themselves to free goods on the highway.
A Heineken truck lost its load earlier this year with motorists helping themselves to boxes of alcohol.