KEY POINTS

  • Red Cross trailer stolen
  • Emergency supplies worth $4,000 not relatedt to COVID-19
  • Second vehicle stolen
  • First vehicle stolen on March 22

A Southern California Red Cross trailer carrying emergency supplies was the second Red Cross vehicle to be stolen within a month's time on Sunday.

According to US News, two men driving a pickup truck drove into a Red Cross parking lot in Riverside on Sunday, pried the trailer's lock, attached their truck to the vehicle and drove off.

The trailer contained cots, blankets and some masks that were worth $4,000 and was used for establishing emergency shelters, however, Red Cross spokeswoman Brianna Kelly told The Press-Enterprise that the supplies were not intended for the COVID-19 outbreak and that the trailers were typically used during wildfires or floods.

The vehicle stolen was a white 1997 Wells Cargo utility trailer with Red Cross emblems on its side and has a California plate of 15912 and was worth around $3,500.

Meanwhile, the thieves' truck was described as a gray or silver 2010 to 2018 Nissan Frontier with an extended or four-door can and no front-license plate.

The first trailer was stolen around 12 PM on Mar. 22 and it carried supplies worth $7,500.

It is still unknown whether the thefts were committed by the same people.

Hospital staff and rescue workers carry the casket of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British doctor working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to an ambulance at a hospital in Quetta
Hospital staff and rescue workers carry the casket of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a British doctor working with the International Committee of the Red Cross, to an ambulance at a hospital in Quetta Reuters
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