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Vehicles burn after hit-and-run

May 26, 2005|By Brian Shappell

Three vehicles caught fire late Tuesday in the 700 block of Washington Avenue after a car struck two parked vehicles and its driver allegedly fled the scene, the Hagerstown Police Department said Wednesday in a written release.

Just after 11:30 p.m., police discovered that two parked vehicles had been struck by a blue Monte Carlo. The car's gas tank ruptured and exploded, setting the vehicles on fire, the Hagerstown Police Department said.

Police allege the driver of the Monte Carlo, as well as a passenger, ran from the scene.

Glen Raymond Crawford, 25, of Hagerstown, was found at his residence and charged with leaving the scene of a property damage accident, speed greater than reasonable, reckless driving and driving while under the influence of alcohol in connection with Tuesday's crash, according to a police news release.

No one was seriously injured in the accident, police said.

Hagerstown Fire Department Battalion Chief Randy Myers said late Tuesday that the Monte Carlo was driven on the sidewalk along a portion of Washington Avenue before it crashed.

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The fire was in the trunk and part of the passenger area of the Monte Carlo, the engine area of a Dodge minivan and portions of the rear of a Ford Expedition, Myers said. He said firefighters put out the flames in less than 10 minutes.

As midnight approached, firefighters continued to hose off the front of the minivan, while police gathered information at the scene and residents observed from nearby porches.

Washington Avenue resident Charles Ward, who has owned the Ford for about a year, said his girlfriend woke him up with news of the crash.

Ward said he left his front door to find flames engulfing part of his vehicle.

"I thought about moving it, but then I thought, 'It's fully insured, let it burn,'" Ward said late Tuesday.

- Brian Shappell

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