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Sitting in her car after it broke down on the Eisenhower Expy., Roosevelt University student Khushboo Jani was oblivious to the flames licking the lower part of her car.
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Woman sits in blazing car
Published: Dec. 16, 2007 at 6:08 PM
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A distracted driver in Chicago was unaware her car was on fire as she sat inside it talking on the phone.
Khushboo Jani, 23, was sitting in her car after it broke down on the city's Eisenhower Expressway talking on her cell phone about being late for a college final exam.
That is when an Illinois Department of Transportation worker noticed flames coming from under the Roosevelt University student's car, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday.
"She didn't even know," said Demetrius Duplessis, 44, a highway maintenance snowplow driver. "She was talking to her dad. She looked up at me, and before she could lock the door, I grabbed her."
After being pulled from the burning car, she tried to go back and grab her books, Duplessis told the newspaper.
"I had to go back and grab her again," he said. "She was like in a state of shock."
Sitting in her car after it broke down on the Eisenhower Expy., Roosevelt University student Khushboo Jani was oblivious to the flames licking the lower part of her car.
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=15115
Woman sits in blazing car
Published: Dec. 16, 2007 at 6:08 PM
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CHICAGO, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A distracted driver in Chicago was unaware her car was on fire as she sat inside it talking on the phone.
Khushboo Jani, 23, was sitting in her car after it broke down on the city's Eisenhower Expressway talking on her cell phone about being late for a college final exam.
That is when an Illinois Department of Transportation worker noticed flames coming from under the Roosevelt University student's car, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Sunday.
"She didn't even know," said Demetrius Duplessis, 44, a highway maintenance snowplow driver. "She was talking to her dad. She looked up at me, and before she could lock the door, I grabbed her."
After being pulled from the burning car, she tried to go back and grab her books, Duplessis told the newspaper.
"I had to go back and grab her again," he said. "She was like in a state of shock."