SKOLDINGE, Sweden, July 6 (UPI) -- Police in Sweden said they arrested a man for allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian during a joyride in a stolen ice cream truck.
The suspect, whose name was not reported, is accused of stealing the truck in the town of Skoldinge Friday, and then hitting a person on a road near the town of Varbo as he made his getaway, The Local.se reported.
"A person is reported to have jumped in and taken the vehicle when the ice cream was outside," said Pontus Bjuring Gerlich at the Vastra Sormland emergency services.
Emergency services personnel were dispatched to the scene but were unable to save the man who was hit by the truck.
After allegedly hitting the man on the road, the suspect veered off the road and landed in a field, the report said.
Passersby picked up the man and tried to give him a ride back to Skoldinge, but he allegedly stole their car and was later involved in a chase with police.
