Car Takes Out Gas Pump In Lawrence County

Posted: 5:38 pm EDT July 9, 2009Updated: 4:55 pm EDT July 10, 2009

SHENANGO TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Police said two drivers will likely be cited in a crash that ended with a gas pump knocked over at a Lawrence County gas station.Pauline Cunningham was working at the counter at the Sunoco along Route 65 in Shenango Township when she saw a car coming straight toward the gas station."It was pretty scary. Everybody kept thinking we were going to blow up," said Cunningham.Surveillance video from Sunoco was releaed on Friday. Watch video.Police said one driver swerved to avoid hitting a car that pulled out in front of him on Route 65, causing him to crash into the gas pump at about 40 mph.The pump shut off automatically, police said. Cunningham turned off the rest of the pumps herself.The gas station was back open for business on Friday.

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