Bakery van driver escapes cutlass attack in Rio Claro

A 42-year-old bakery van driver narrowly escaped injury after a cutlass-wielding man allegedly threatened him and attempted to rob him of his goods in Rio Claro on Friday evening.

The incident occurred around 6.40 pm along Old Railway Road, where the driver was selling pastries and other bakery items from a white panel van belonging to Lazarri Bakery.

Police said the driver stopped after being approached by a man carrying a straight-handled cutlass. He exited the vehicle, intending to sell the man some bakery items.