Police: Teens throw firecracker in car; driver escapes Driver unsuccessfully tries to throw firecracker back out window; teens then run off, police say Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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THE APP IS AVAILABLE IN THE GOOGLE PLAY AND APPLE APP STORES. ONLY ON WJCL- FIREWORKS EXPLODE IN A CAR IN SAVANNAH... LIGHTING IT ON FIRE. POLICE SAY THE DRIVER TOLD THEM A GROUP OF TEENS THREW A FIRECRACKER IN THE CAR AND RAN OFF. THE DRIVER TRIED TO THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. WJCL'S JACKSON KURTZ SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO SAW THE CAR ON FIRE RIGHT OUTSIDE THEIR HOME. HE JOINS US NOW FROM SAVANNAH POLICE HEADQUARTERS... JACKSON DO WE KNOW THE CONDITION OF THE DRIVER? DALE..THANKFULLY- THE DRIVER QUICKLY ESCAPED IN THE CAR IN TIME TO ONLY HAVE MINOR INJURIES...BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE IF THEY WEREN'T QUICK ACT- DODGING THE FLAMES. "IT WAS A GOOD 20 FOOT FLAMES!" FIREWORKS ON JULY FOURTH IS A TRADITION. " A CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED!" BUT THE TRADITION TURNED áDANGEROUS EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHEN POLICE SAY A GROUP OF JUVENILES áTHREW A FIRECRACKER INTO A CAR- CAUSING IT TO BURST INTO FLAMES....THE DRIVER TRIED TO THROW IT BACK OUT THE WINDOW BUT WAS TOO LATE. POLICE SAY THE TEENS THEN RAN OFF. LOWER 3RD: JOHN WILLIAMS, NEIGHBOR "I HAD SOME KIDS COME BY, COMING THRU THE YARD. THEY BEAT ON THE HOUSE! áNATS AND ABOUT 15 SECONDS LATER A CAR WAS FULLY ENGULFED RIGHT HERE IN THIS INTERSECTION." I SPOKE WITH A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES RIGHT BY WHERE THIS HAPPENED ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AND UTAH STREET...AND SAYS HE SAW THE CAR BURNING. LOWER 3RD: JOHN WILLIAMS, NEIGHBOR "WE CAME OUT TO SEE AND THERE'S WASN'T ANYBODY IN 200 YARDS SO I THINK THEY JUMPED OUT AND RAN-WHICH LEDS ME TO BELIEVE THE CAR WAS STOLEN." STAND-UP: YOU CAN STILL SEE THE ASH ON THE ROAD...SHOWING THE POWER OF THIS FIRE. WILLIAMS SAYS NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA SEE CRIME EVERY NOW AND THEN...BUT IT'S ALWAYS BROUGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LOWER 3RD: JOHN WILLIAMS, NEIGHBOR "WE DON'T BOTHER FOLKS, WE KEEP TO OUR OWN, CUT KEEP OUR GRASS CUT, BBQ, BUT IT'S GOTTEN WORSE." HE SAYS IT'S INSTANCES LIKE THIS ONE THAT REALLY BOTHERS HIM- ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER TIME. LOWER 3RD: JOHN WILLIAMS, NEIGHBOR "IT BOTHERS ME, WE'LL GET A BLANKET COVERAGE FROM THE POLICE- THEY DO A WONDERFUL JOB. CONT.VO AND THEN WHEN IT SLACKS OFF, RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING THRU THE PART OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY ARE JUST CREEPIN', " SAVANNAH POLICE SAYS THE CASE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE DON'T HAVE ANY SUSPECT INFORMATIO

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