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" David Hasselhoff has expressed his sympathies to a store clerk who was critically injured after a robbery of lifesize cutouts of the Baywatch star. The 36-year-old employee is in critical condition after an incident in Shelton, Connecticut on Tuesday (August 20), according to the Connecticut Post.  Two Hasselhoff cutouts - which promote the &amp;quot;iced Hoffee&amp;quot; at Cumberland Farms stores - were stolen by two men and a woman, but their vehicle hit the employee and dragged him as they were driving away from the robbery. &amp;quot;I am shocked&amp;amp;amp; truly saddened about the Cumberland farms store clerk tragedy,&amp;quot; Hasselhoff tweeted. &amp;quot;My heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with him and his family!&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW I FEEL AT THIS MOMENT PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY A PRAYER THAT HE MAKES A FULL RECOVERY!! THANK YOU...DAVID.&amp;quot; Hasselhoff also told a fan that he is &amp;quot;there for&amp;quot; the employee&amp;#039;s family, saying: &amp;quot;I am monitoring the situation and will do my best to help. Promise!!&amp;quot; The latest incident comes after a spate of thefts of the cutouts, with nearly 550 already stolen in the North East. Cumberland Farms revealed that they ordered extra signs this year as a &amp;quot;substantial buffer&amp;quot;, while spokesperson Carin Warner vowed to support the injured employee. &amp;quot;Obviously, this is a very unfortunate situation and we&amp;#039;re doing everything we can to co-operate with the police to try and find the individuals,&amp;quot; Warner said. View all of today&amp;#039;s best celebrity pictures:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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