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Subject:Re: Burning Bus Crashes Into House
From:Robert Stevens
Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:37:45 -0600

On Jun 21, 2012, at 7:06 PM, Pete O wrote:

Not only did it burn, it rolled down the hill and crashed into a house!

http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Burning-vehicle-crashes-into-home/AD0Wzf9Rq06fJ-AKekDH3Q.cspx

� and, the van's owner says he "always park it in gear" and that he thinks the fire created an electrical short/path
for the starter to drive the van UP THE HILL before it reached the top of the driveway it then rolled down. The engine
had been turned off.

Some testimony to rethinking the idea of leaving the van in gear � but then, this "appears" to be a case of
the plastic "T" at the firewall and old fuel lines. He had just moved the van and parked it where he normally
would not.

Still a sad outcome � and maybe pretty fortunate, as it could have turned out much worse.

bob