Yeah, it’s like people who have pools in their backyards and when kids sneak in and then drown they’re the ones held responsible, not the trespassers.
It’s called and attractive nuisance - and they’ll use this in that case.
It was too tempting for the thieves to resist.
Well there is also the case to be made that the young man is responsible for his own death by being so er stupid as to attempt to hang onto the front of a moving vehicle