# British Red Cross van stolen in London

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/01/26/british-red-cross-van-stolen-london/
- Published: 2010-01-26T12:30:46+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A British Red Cross van was flagged down and stolen yesterday in south-east London
on its way to collect goods donated to the Red Cross.

The van was stolen in St Mary’s Road, Nunhead, when a man flagged it down pretending
a cat had been run over, before jumping into the vehicle and driving off.

The van, registration KD06 EVY, had just dropped off donated goods at a Red Cross
shop and was on its way to pick up more when the incident happened at about 11.30am
yesterday morning. It was the only Red Cross van covering the London area.

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Mark Astarita, Director of fundraising for the British Red Cross, said: “This is
a very sad thing to happen and now the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal may miss out 
on hundreds of pounds which would have gone to help those people struggling to cope
following the devastating earthquake in Haiti”.

He urged the public to clear out their closets and take their unwanted goods to 
their local Red Cross shop.

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