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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Elderberry on May 16, 2021, 05:19:04 pm

Title: Driver catches fire after hoarded gas in vehicle explodes during chase, SC cops say
Post by: Elderberry on May 16, 2021, 05:19:04 pm
American Military News by  Mark Price The Charlotte Observer -  May 16, 2021

A South Carolina woman caught fire during a police chase Thursday after multiple containers of gasoline exploded in the back of her car, officials said.

The woman, identified as 28-year-old Jessica Dale Patterson, was taken to a hospital, the Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. Her condition has not been released.

“Before leaving the scene, Ms. Patterson told deputies that she was transporting several containers of fuel that she was hoarding in the trunk,” officials said. “These containers of fuel were the catalyst of the explosions.”

More: https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/05/video-driver-catches-fire-after-hoarded-gas-in-vehicle-explodes-during-chase-sc-cops-say/ (https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/05/video-driver-catches-fire-after-hoarded-gas-in-vehicle-explodes-during-chase-sc-cops-say/)
Title: Re: Driver catches fire after hoarded gas in vehicle explodes during chase, SC cops say
Post by: thackney on May 16, 2021, 07:43:37 pm
It is one level of stupid to put gasoline in milk jugs or the like and drive home with them.  I might even have this happen in the right circumstances.

It is another to to leave them in the trunk and go on a high speed attempted escape with them still back there.
Title: Re: Driver catches fire after hoarded gas in vehicle explodes during chase, SC cops say
Post by: DB on May 16, 2021, 08:40:49 pm
It is one level of stupid to put gasoline in milk jugs or the like and drive home with them.  I might even have this happen in the right circumstances.

It is another to to leave them in the trunk and go on a high speed attempted escape with them still back there.

Stupid has consequences. At least others didn't bare the brunt of them...
Title: Re: Driver catches fire after hoarded gas in vehicle explodes during chase, SC cops say
Post by: PeteS in CA on May 17, 2021, 12:03:54 am
Is she a transplanted Floridian?