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Article: FIRETRUCK TIRE RAMS SHOP; REASON TWO TIRES CAME OFF EAST SYRACUSE DEPARTMENT'S TRUCK A MYSTERY, POLICE SAY.(Local)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- June 2, 2005
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Byline: Jim McKeever Staff writer
A DeWitt muffler and brake shop got an unexpected drive-through customer Wednesday.
A 200-pound tire came loose from an East Syracuse firetruck, rolled about 1,000 feet down Erie Boulevard East and crashed through a window at Monro Muffler Brake.
No one was injured in the 7:20 a.m. accident. The shop at 3711 Erie Blvd. E. was able to open on time 10 minutes later.
"It was very strange," said Sean Lucas, Monro manager. "We had one of the technicians waiting in the driveway who saw the whole thing. It came close to his car, maybe a foot away."
After the tire crashed through the 78-by-91-inch window of a conference room, it ...