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Truck Explodes In South Omaha
Omahachannel.com ^
| June 19, 2002
Posted on 06/19/2002 6:36:00 PM PDT by Shermy
OMAHA, Neb. -- A pickup truck exploded in south Omaha Tuesday evening and investigators believe illegal fireworks may be to blame.
The explosion happened near 40th and P streets at about 4:30 p.m. The blast blew the roof and door off the truck. It also sent debris flying 70 feet away.
At least six homes in the neighborhood suffered minor damage as a result.
Police said Gary Zdan of Council Bluffs was found bleeding at the scene was taken into custody. Officers want to know Zdan's relationship to the truck, which is registered to a construction company.
"It's just absolutely incredible that a person was in or near that vehicle and survived that," Capt. Dave Friend said.
Officers said they found evidence of illegal fireworks at the scene. Federal agents were called in to investigate the explosion.
TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Nebraska
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To: Apollo
If you are TRULY a redneck you will have blown the doors
off your $500 pickup w/ $35,000 worth of fireworks..
To: Apollo
didn't hurt near as much as jumping off the deck trying to catch his neighbor's cat.I have known way too many people like that. I do not suggest hunting with them.
/john
To: wildehunt
$35,000 worth of fireworksNo doubt stolen from the VFD fundraiser fireworks show over the 4th.
So much for the new fire truck. LOL!
/john
To: Shermy
Been there, done that.
Had some friends do the same thing except they were IN the car when it happened.
They were driving around with a case of cherry bombs and firecrackers between the driver and his girlfriend.
A friend in the back seat was lighting and tossing out firecrackers until one hit the headliner and landed right on the whole package.
The explosion blew all the car windows out and broke store windows.
They got messed up pretty bad but lived. One was deaf in one ear after the incident.
Funny part was it happened right by our house.
To: ABG(anybody but Gore)
ping.
or more appropriately, BOOM!
To: Shermy
Most fireworks are illegal in Nebraska. Because they're dangerous. So people smuggle them in from Missouri. And blow up their trucks in the process.
Notice that this guy is from Council Bluffs. Think "Deliverance" without the banjo music.
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posted on
06/19/2002 7:22:58 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: cmsgop
Maybe he needed a new truck.
To: JRandomFreeper
Famous last words: "Hey! Hold my beer and watch this!"
To: Shermy
"Officers want to know Zdan's relationship to the truck, which is registered to a construction company. Wonder if this guy had oxy/acetylene ballons in the cab with him?
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:00:48 PM PDT
by
Inge_CAV
To: Bama_Fren
Maybe he needed a new truckWent from "maybe" to "certainly" ka-boom!! just like that!!!
ShaZAM, Andy!
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:02:37 PM PDT
by
ninenot
To: dighton
GARY BUB OMAR, THE DENTMAKER
Grits in my tummy, my dice cubes hang
Beside me in my pickup truck
My can of Bud, my lit Marlboro, a spark that sprang
Ah, Omaha, the wilderness to start my day off with a bang.
Leni
To: Shermy; Marine Inspector; sleavelessinseattle; 2Trievers
"Roy?"
"Yeah, Bubba?"
"What's FLAM-ABLE mean?"
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:07:12 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
To: PsyOp
You know, if we poured some o this hear gasoline on that warning sign,
and then pushed up against it, I bet we'd get a free temporary tatoo!
Hold my ciggy and this box o TNT whilst I git the Gas...whatdya think ARM
or Buttocks? for the tattoo, whadya think I meant?...bubba you are dumber than a bag o doorknobs!
To: Shermy
What a dumba$$.
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:19:13 PM PDT
by
rintense
To: Shermy
That don't look like no fireworks I ever saw.
These trucks use a saddle gas tank, and the roof was sheared off by a few fireworks?
I don't think so..
(wish there was a pic of the drivers side.. that might tell allot)
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:26:02 PM PDT
by
Jhoffa_
To: Jhoffa_
there are a few more pics at the site. Go to "slideshow."
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:30:14 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: PsyOp; aculeus; Orual; parsifal; Huck; Romulus
"What's FLAM-ABLE mean?""Hey, you dumbass, hit says INFLAMMABLE. Tha-it means hit cain't be set afire!"
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posted on
06/19/2002 8:44:28 PM PDT
by
dighton
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To: You are here
Rednecks in Ohia say whilst...whatnhell ytalkinbout? LOL
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