The FDNY had apparently just departed when I got there. The guy driving it escaped uninjured, according to a bystander.
Day 85
Flaming Beetle
March 24th, 2012
I'm walking every street in New York City.
This is the counterpoint to my walk across the US. Instead of seeing a million places for just a minute each, I'm going to spend a million minutes exploring just one place. By the time I finish walking every block of every street in all five boroughs, I'll have traveled more than 8,000 miles on foot — all within a single city. Details!
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~9,954 miles walked
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Oh my gosh!!! I hope the drivers going to be okay. Wow. Amazing he survived.
On another note though, the vehicle was just left there? No tow truck to haul away the mess?
I live right there on that corner. The driver had plenty of time to escape. The engine caught fire, not uncommon on these buggies, and after 10 or so minutes grew strong when it reached the convertible top and blazed quickly from there. The smoke brought darkness to our apartment for a few seconds.
The FD got there and put it out in about a minute – a shame it took them a while to get there. The car would’ve been saved, perhaps. It was towed around sundown.
Looks like he lost his bed too…