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MA: GAS PUMP BURSTS IN FLAMES AFTER CRASH
02-07-2024
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--SUPERS--
Wednesday
Boston

:26 - :34
Arthur Mantas
Gas Station Owner

:58 - 1:03
Gloria Mantas
Gas Station Owner

--LEAD IN--
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A COUPLE OF PUMPS AT ONE BOSTON GAS STATION IS JUST TWISTED METAL AND MANGLED ELECTRONICS.
THE PUMPS WENT UP IN FLAMES AFTER AN S-U-V SLAMMED INTO IT ON TUESDAY.
DAVID BIENICK SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF THE GAS STATION ABOUT THE TERRIFYING INCIDENT - WHICH WAS ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE!
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
HERE'S THE FIERY MOMENT OF IMPACT -- AS AN SUV SMASHES THROUGH PUMPS ONE AND TWO AT ALFA AUTO FUEL IN ROSLINDALE.
MOMENTS EARLIER, THE SAME SUV HAD BACKED INTO A PARKED PICKUP... THEN LURCHED FORWARD.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "All of a sudden I look up, I hear boom."
STATION OWNER ARTHUR MANTAS WAS INSIDE AS THE SUV TORE THE PUMPS OFF THEIR BASE ... THEN SMASHED INTO TWO MORE CARS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOT.
MANTAS GRABBED AN EXTINGUISHER AND TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "It was just instinct and the entire time I felt like there was going to be an explosion. I felt like I was stupid... doing what I was.. trying to put it out."
MANTAS CIRCLED AROUND THE FIRE, EMPTIED ONE EXTINGUISHER AND THEN WENT TO GRAB ANOTHER.
JUST THEN -- THE STATION'S FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ACTIVATED ... SPRAYING RETARDANT POWDER EVERYWHERE -- INCLUDING ON MANTAS.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "Knocked me to my knees. I had to cross the street. I couldn't even breathe. I was hyperventilating."
MEANWHILE -- THE SUV DRIVER -- WHO MANTAS SAYS APPEARS TO BE IN HER 20S OR 30S -- GOT OUT, APPARENTLY CALLED SOMEONE ON HER PHONE, THEN HEADED DOWN THE SIDEWALK.
Gloria Mantas/ Gas Station Owner: "But she was walking fine when she got out. She was walking fine."
David Bienick/ Reporting: "Oh you saw her?"
Gloria Mantas/ Gas Station Owner: "I saw her walking fine on the video."
THE DRIVER'S DAUGHTER LATER TOLD POLICE HER MOTHER HAD BEEN TRYING TO PUT AIR IN HER TIRES AND ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE SUV IN DRIVE INSTEAD OF PARK.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "I'd like her to take a drug test, to be honest. Honestly, I mean, she could've killed somebody."
--TAG--
IT IS UNKNOWN IF THAT DRIVER WILL BE FACING ANY CHARGES.

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MASSACHUSETTS FIRE CAUGHT ON CAMERA STRONG VIDEO NEW ENGLAND CRASH ACCIDENT
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--SUPERS--
Wednesday
Boston

:26 - :34
Arthur Mantas
Gas Station Owner

:58 - 1:03
Gloria Mantas
Gas Station Owner

--LEAD IN--
ALL THAT IS LEFT OF A COUPLE OF PUMPS AT ONE BOSTON GAS STATION IS JUST TWISTED METAL AND MANGLED ELECTRONICS.
THE PUMPS WENT UP IN FLAMES AFTER AN S-U-V SLAMMED INTO IT ON TUESDAY.
DAVID BIENICK SPOKE WITH THE OWNER OF THE GAS STATION ABOUT THE TERRIFYING INCIDENT - WHICH WAS ALL CAUGHT ON TAPE!
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
HERE'S THE FIERY MOMENT OF IMPACT -- AS AN SUV SMASHES THROUGH PUMPS ONE AND TWO AT ALFA AUTO FUEL IN ROSLINDALE.
MOMENTS EARLIER, THE SAME SUV HAD BACKED INTO A PARKED PICKUP... THEN LURCHED FORWARD.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "All of a sudden I look up, I hear boom."
STATION OWNER ARTHUR MANTAS WAS INSIDE AS THE SUV TORE THE PUMPS OFF THEIR BASE ... THEN SMASHED INTO TWO MORE CARS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOT.
MANTAS GRABBED AN EXTINGUISHER AND TRIED TO PUT OUT THE FLAMES.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "It was just instinct and the entire time I felt like there was going to be an explosion. I felt like I was stupid... doing what I was.. trying to put it out."
MANTAS CIRCLED AROUND THE FIRE, EMPTIED ONE EXTINGUISHER AND THEN WENT TO GRAB ANOTHER.
JUST THEN -- THE STATION'S FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM ACTIVATED ... SPRAYING RETARDANT POWDER EVERYWHERE -- INCLUDING ON MANTAS.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "Knocked me to my knees. I had to cross the street. I couldn't even breathe. I was hyperventilating."
MEANWHILE -- THE SUV DRIVER -- WHO MANTAS SAYS APPEARS TO BE IN HER 20S OR 30S -- GOT OUT, APPARENTLY CALLED SOMEONE ON HER PHONE, THEN HEADED DOWN THE SIDEWALK.
Gloria Mantas/ Gas Station Owner: "But she was walking fine when she got out. She was walking fine."
David Bienick/ Reporting: "Oh you saw her?"
Gloria Mantas/ Gas Station Owner: "I saw her walking fine on the video."
THE DRIVER'S DAUGHTER LATER TOLD POLICE HER MOTHER HAD BEEN TRYING TO PUT AIR IN HER TIRES AND ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE SUV IN DRIVE INSTEAD OF PARK.
Arthur Mantas / Gas Station Owner: "I'd like her to take a drug test, to be honest. Honestly, I mean, she could've killed somebody."
--TAG--
IT IS UNKNOWN IF THAT DRIVER WILL BE FACING ANY CHARGES.

-----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----

--KEYWORD TAGS--
MASSACHUSETTS FIRE CAUGHT ON CAMERA STRONG VIDEO NEW ENGLAND CRASH ACCIDENT
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