However, the girl who'd initially told officers it was just the two who'd been rescued then said "no, three", indicating that there was a 3rd person in the burning vehicle. Despite their attempts, police were unable to save the 3rd passenger as the vehicle became entirely engulfed by flames. [Police cars need tanks of fire fighter foam and roof sprayers to smother car/truck fires when they come upon them not be powerless as civilians burn-to-death waiting for firemen to arrive too late]
Picture: Newly released police bodycam footage has shown the horrific moment a teenager becomes trapped in a burning car after a crash (Image: LAPD)
She has since been identified as 16-year-old Destiny Villanueva. The teenager was declared dead at the scene with firefighters claiming her body was in the backseat under the drivers seat.
The driver and the other passenger in the vehicle escaped with minor injuries. All three people in the car were friends and lived near each other, authorities confirmed. They also said that the driver 'did not display any sign of impairment' after the collision.
Picture: Police managed to pull one of the passengers out of the wreck (Image: LAPD)
A GoFundMe has been set up for Destiny, with a family friend describing her as a "precious daughter whose light was extinguished far too soon". on a GoFundMe fundraiser set up on behalf of her mother. Over $3,000 has already been raised to support the family.
According to the fundraiser, Angie, Destiny's mum, "has dedicated her career to supporting some of the most vulnerable teen girls in LA County, pouring her heart and soul into her work."
Dangerous 18-Wheeler Trucks
Manufacturers: Car Doors Need to Pop-Out During a Crash and Not Block Exiting
STOP over electronically-gadgetizing cars with UNsafe things like automatic door locks.
8, including child, killed after car collides with truck, catches fire in UP
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/up-bareilly-family-charred-to-death-after-car-catches-fire-after-truck-collision-highway-2474123-2023-12-10
Eight people, including a child, who were returning from a wedding, were killed after their car caught fire on the Bareilly-Nainital highway in Uttar Pradesh. The car hit a truck with a sand dumper and got dragged before bursting into flames.
Picture: the Uttar Pradesh bareilly car accident 8 burnt to death
Police said the passengers could not get out of the burning car due to a central lock. (Screengrab)
Krishan Gopal Raj
Bareilly,UPDATED: Dec 10, 2023 10:08 IST
Eight people, including a child, were charred to death in their car after a collision with a truck on the Bareilly-Nainital highway near Bhojipura in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday night. Police said the victims, who were returning after attending a wedding, could not escape because the car was centrally locked.
The collision caused a tyre to burst after it hit the truck's dumper, which resulted in the car veering off the opposite side of the highway. The car got dragged and crashed with the dumper, which was carrying sand gravel from Uttarakhand.
The car is said to be a Maruti Suzuki Ertiga.
"Near Bhojipura, an accident occurred on the highway... A car collided with a truck. The car got dragged and then caught fire... The car was centrally locked, hence the people inside the car lost their lives due to the fire. The bodies have been taken out. There are 7 adults and one child. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further action is underway," Bareilly SSP Ghule Sushil Chandrabhan told news agency ANI.
EPIC MAN FAILS
Manufacturers: Car Doors Need to Pop-Out During a Crash and Not Block Exiting
STOP over electronically-gadgetizing cars with UNsafe things like automatic door locks.
https://deepgoretube.site/video/LDdwLWwe1Y/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/driver-admitted-leaving-woman-burning-car-12-years-60284190
https://abc7chicago.com/woman-dead-gowanus-expressway-car-fire-brooklyn/2531782/
Man hails cab while date burns to death in New York car fire
ByEyewitness News WABC logo
Saturday, October 14, 2017
Man hails cab while date burns to death in car fire
Tim Fleischer reports on the horrific death of a woman in a car fire as her date hailed a taxi
Tim Fleischer reports on the horrific death of a woman in a car fire as her date hailed a taxi
NEW YORK -- A woman's body was found in a car after a fiery crash on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn Friday morning, and authorities say the driver -- believed to be a man she was dating -- hailed a cab in the middle of the highway while she burned to death.
Marcus Solis has the latest on the fiery crash in Brooklyn.
The car was found facing eastbound in the westbound lanes between Hamilton Avenue and Prospect Expressway just after 4 a.m.
The 2007 Infiniti G35 was fully on fire.
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