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WEBVTT ON PUTTYHILL AVENUE THAT CRASHES RIGHTINTO THE STATION.>> I GOT MY CAR AND DROVE UP ANDSAW AMAZING, THE CAR WAS UPSIDEDOWN ON THE PUMPS AT THE CARROLLSTATION.>> HE RECALLS WHAT HE SAW AS HEOPENED UP FOR BUSINESS MONDAYMORNING.AT AROUND 455 A.M., SURVEILLANCECAMERAS WITH A COUPLE OFDIFFERENT ANGLES CAPTURED THE2007 MERCURY MILAN DRIVEN BY A64-YEAR-OLD MAN CAREENING OUT OFCONTROL DOWN PUTTY HILL AVENUEIN PARKVILLE, THEN CRASHING INTOA GAS PUMP AT THE CARROLL FUELSTATIO>> IT CAME THROUGH AND TOOK SOMEOF THE BUSHES OUT AND JUST TRIMTHEM FOR US.HOW HE GOT THROUGH AND FLIPPEDTHE WAY IT DID I DO NOT KNOW.FROM WHAT I SEE ON THE MARKS ITHAD TO GO AIRBORNE AND COME DOWNON THE PUMP.LOWELL CARBONACHECK: SAYS THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHERTHINGS FOR THE DRIVER TO HIT BUTHE DIDN'T LIKE, HIS SIGN, ATELEPHONE POLE, AND A TRAFFICSIGNAL.AS TO WHY THE CRASH DIDN'T CAUSEA FIRE OR EXPLOSIOCREWS FIXING THE PUMP LATER THE DAY TOLD 11-NEWS THESE SHEARVALVES PREVENTED DISASTE>> IF THE OUTSIDE DISPENSER GETSHIT BY A CAR IN OCTOBER, THATVALVE AUTOMATICAL OPENS ANDDROPS THE BALL IN THERE ANDSHUTS OFF ALL THE FUEL.LOWELL AND IT IS A GOOD THING IT: WORKED, AS BOTH GAS STATIONSHAVE A COMBINED ALMOST 50,000GALLONS OF FUEL UNDER GROUNDAS POLICE CONTINUE TOINVESTIGATE THIS CRASH, THEYTELL US ALCOHOL WAS NOT AFACTOR.IT COULD HAVE BEEN A HEALTHISSUE OR SIMPLY AN ACCIDENT.AS FAR AS THE DRIVERS CONDITION

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The driver of a car that slammed into a gas pump in Parkville and overturned has died days after the incident. Download the WBAL app Shocking surveillance video shows a car slamming into a pump at a gas station, knocking it over and flipping upside down. A 2007 Mercury Milan driven by a 64-year-old man around 4:55 a.m. Monday careened out of control down Putty Hill Avenue in Parkville and crashed into a gas pump at the Carroll Fuel Station. Police said the driver, Ronald Magsamen, died Thursday afternoon at a hospital. Don Karbowniczek, who owns the Woodcroft Exxon across the street, said it's amazing there's not more damage. "It came right through, took some of our bushes out, just trimmed them for us, and how it got through and flip the way it did, I don't know. From what I see on the marks, it had to go airborne and just come down on the pump," Karbowniczek said. The car just missed a sign, a vacuum machine, a telephone pole and traffic signal pole. "I just got in my car and drove up and saw, amazing, the car was upside down on the pumps at the Carroll station," Karbowniczek said. Karbowniczek pointed out how lucky everyone is that there wasn't a fire. "Keep in mind, they've got probably 25,000 gallons of gas in the ground, so you're not just talking about what you can see there with the pump. We've got 20,000 in the ground. That's a (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb; that's what they dropped on Afghanistan. It could've taken out large portions," Karbowniczek said. Crews fixing the pump later in the day Monday told 11 News that shear valves prevented disaster. "If the outside dispenser that's exposed to the public gets hit by a car and knocked over that sheer valve automatically opens drops a ball in there and just shuts off all the fuel," Karbowniczek said. Both gas stations have a combined almost 50,000 gallons of fuel underground. As police continue to investigate, they said alcohol is not a factor in the crash, so it may have been a health issue or just an accident. Crews from Carroll Fuel spent all day Monday repairing the damaged pump.