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Woman in burning truck keeps driving
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/1/08 | AP

Posted on 01/01/2008 6:52:12 PM PST by NormsRevenge

PAW PAW TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Having live electrical wires fall on her truck and set it on fire wasn't enough to slow a motorist in southwest Michigan. State police say the unnamed woman ran a stop sign Monday night in Van Buren County's Paw Paw Township and hit a cable supporting a utility pole.

The pole came down and the wires fell onto the truck, but the woman backed onto the roadway and resumed driving.

Trooper Rick Carlson said the driver kept going until flames engulfed the truck and she had to jump out. An ambulance caught up to her and took her to a Kalamazoo hospital for burns to her hands and head. Her injuries weren't life-threatening.

Carlson says the woman's dog, a pug, also was burned but survived.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News
KEYWORDS: burning; driving; truck; woman

1 posted on 01/01/2008 6:52:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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probably late for Oprah


2 posted on 01/01/2008 6:53:05 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Sounds sort of like Clint Bowyer in the Daytona 500.


3 posted on 01/01/2008 6:53:35 PM PST by steveegg (I am John Doe, and a monthly donor)
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To: NormsRevenge

Let’s hope she gets her dog taken away from her.


4 posted on 01/01/2008 6:55:12 PM PST by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: NormsRevenge
Glad that's over. That woman is nuts!


5 posted on 01/01/2008 6:57:13 PM PST by RDTF
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To: steveegg

Ryan Newman did the same thing here at Michigan a couple of years ago. He made a good half lap with the car looking like a comet.


6 posted on 01/01/2008 7:00:55 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“I had to keep driving faster, the flames were gaining on me,” she did not tell the media.


7 posted on 01/01/2008 7:07:21 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Fred Dalton Thompson for President)
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To: NormsRevenge

I’m guessing alcohol was involved...


8 posted on 01/01/2008 7:08:25 PM PST by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Had this happened in a Middle Eastern country I would’ve assumed business as usual.


9 posted on 01/01/2008 7:09:34 PM PST by G8 Diplomat (Creatures are divided into 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Monera, Protista, & Saudi Arabia)
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To: LibFreeOrDie

We can only hope that she has at least that excuse. My sister has a Pug and from what I understand they’re pretty delicate, sensitive little things which require a lot of care and attention. Not a good match for a drunk, if that’s what she is.


10 posted on 01/01/2008 7:17:22 PM PST by Emmett McCarthy
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To: RDTF

LOL. Too cute!


11 posted on 01/01/2008 7:19:33 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: NormsRevenge
Her injuries weren't life-threatening.

But her IQ is.

12 posted on 01/01/2008 7:19:52 PM PST by bannie
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To: NormsRevenge

Someone pulling a flaming trailer drove down the island the other day igniting the dry salt grass all down the highway.


13 posted on 01/01/2008 7:39:17 PM PST by SouthTexas (Happy New Year!)
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To: MaryFromMichigan

OK, fess up. This was you, huh.


14 posted on 01/02/2008 10:52:41 AM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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