Shows the site of the "crash". May not be a crash, per se - just a roll up to a pole, then the torching. Interesting.
The THP Critical Response Team typically investigates fatal crashes. But what makes this case different is the THP has asked the FBI to step in. "We don't know exactly what we have," says Lieutenant Joe Nunn. The troopers admit they don't usually call the FBI, but "since September 11th, we do a lot of things we didn't used to do," Nunn said.
Investigators are looking at what they're calling a very strange fire. The car in that crash was not damaged very much when it hit the pole. Also, the gas tank and the engine did not catch fire, only the inside was burned.
this is right up there with the best of um! don't miss the video clip Shermy posted above.
The photographer Weegee was a pro at catching moments like this (a dead gangster under a movie marquee advertising "The Joy Of Living", a building on fire with a large add that says "Just Add Boiling Water"...)
Also, from one of two video stories I located on that website, there were no skid marks and little damage to the car.