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Driver Apparently Travels 3.5 Miles On A Rim; Vehicle Destroyed By Fire
April 7, 2009
A driver apparently drove on a tire rim for about 3.5 miles before his or her vehicle caught fire and burned early Tuesday morning.
The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue was dispatched to a vehicle fire on Rockaway Creek Road just off Nokomis Road about 4:30 Tuesday morning. When they arrived, they found an unidentifiable vehicle full involved in flames. Firefighters were unable to locate the driver of the vehicle, which was completely destroyed.
The vehicle was partially off the roadway in a ditch. It appeared the driver had a flat tire and was driving on very damaged rim on the front driver’s side prior to the fire because of scrape marks on the highway.
NorthEscambia.com was able to follow the scrape marks back the full length of nearby Meadows Road, across Highway 97 and back to the intersection of Greenland Road and Hodges road…a total distance of almost 3.5 miles. Vehicle and tire parts were scattered along the route, and there were at least two places where it appeared the driver ran off the road and into the ditch.
The State Fire Marshal was called to the scene to investigate.
For an exclusive NorthEscambia.com photo gallery, click here.
Pictured above: Firefighters work to extinguish a vehicle fire on Rockaway Creek Road about 4:30 this morning. Pictured below: The remains of the vehicle. Pictured bottom: Scrape marks apparently from the vehicle’s rim on Meadows Road at a railroad crossing, just part of the driver’s 3.5 mile trip on a rim. NorthEscambia.com exclusive photos, click to enlarge.
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3 Responses to “Driver Apparently Travels 3.5 Miles On A Rim; Vehicle Destroyed By Fire”
if somebody has a loan on that vehicle i’m 100% sure they’ll claim it rather than continue to make payments!
I think so Lynn, the serial number is stamped in several places for this very reason.
With fire damage this extensive, would the authorities be able to get a serial number to trace in order to identify the legal owner of the vehicle? I was just wondering!!