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Friday, June 26, 2015

Vehicles Ram Gas Tanks Or Meters

Vehicles Ram Gas Tanks Or Meters ---
Terroristic Security Incidents by Category |Timeline

When vehicles hit gas tanks or gas meters, it's usually considered to be an innocent accident, but sometimes it's a terrorist attack.

*Deliberate

Only two instances where people  have deliberately steered into an explosive tank, only one was recognized as a terrorist

1 explosion, 1 vehicle attack, 1 killed, decapitated 2 arrested in Islamist terrorist attack June 26, 2015 Terrorist Attack On American Gas Factory in France American gas factory explodes after car smashes into a gas tanks at an American gas factory in France. A decapitated head and terrorist flags and messages were posted

Nov 6, 2014 Australian news cameraman survives terrifying carjacking, hits LPG tank Today Tonight  - The siege came to a dramatic end after a man fled in the stolen 7News car and crashed into 7,000 litre LPG gas tank a service station at ... (Crazy or a security test terrorist?)

*Accidental

Nearly all instances are accidental (or were possibly staged to look like accidents)

1 injured, buildings destroyed May 13, 2015 Unexplained driver hits American Legion propane tank in Delhi NY; explosion causes burns  WBNG-TV - (WBNG Binghamton) A Delhi man received severe burns after his car hit a propane tank at the American Legion causing the tank to explode. Joseph Mueller, 19... crash happened Wednesday around 8:25 p.m. at the American Legion... driving a minivan when for "unknown reasons" the vehicle went off of the road and "accidentally" hit a 1,000 gallon propane tank behind the American Legion. Three storage buildings behind the American Legion were destroyed due to flames. The American Legion hall and pavilion were also damaged by the fire.

September 7, 2014 0 injuries, building destroyed Man Accidentally Rams Gas Meter Explosion Destroys Kentucky Hotel A Kentucky hotel was destroyed in an explosion Sunday, after a driver "accidentally" drove into a gas meter, authorities said.

1 house, 1 car destroyed May 16, 2014 May 2014 Car With Parking Brake Off Rolls Into Garage, Gas Meter Explodes In Calabasas, California a neighbor’s car was parked on the hill apparently without its parking brake on rolled down the hill, crashed into the garage of a man named Brandon and knocked the gas meter loose, triggering the explosion. There were no injuries, but the house was a total loss.

July 8, 2013 Driver Swerves to Hit Massive Propane Tanks Behind Virginia K-Mart Teen driver Hunter Minor loses control in a low speed parking lot behind a K-Mart. To avoid hitting the ditch, he swerves behind the barriers protecting six massive submarine style propane tanks. He hits one of the large tanks, and runs as a leak causes a massive evacuation as a massive explosion and fire is averted. He is charged only with reckless driving

"accidental" ram propane tanks March 9, 2010 Gas Pedal Confusion Rams Propane Tanks at K-Mart In Camarillo California, a 78 year old driver Patricia Oakman Ashbrook accidentally hit the gas pedal of her Toyota Avalon in reverse, damaging three cars. Then she shifted into drive at full throttle, accidentally ramming a rack of filled propane tanks which did not explode. A shaken and shocked witness described hearing "squealing and the crunching, like she was doing 80 to 90 mph". Officers blamed the driver as the car checked out with no problems.

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