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Gas-siphoning HUMMER leads police on high-speed chase

Posted Jul 3rd 2008 at 6:05PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: Etc., HUMMER, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, USA

After Pittsburgh police noticed a Hummer (yep, a Hummer... what else?) sitting conspicuously close to a five-hundred gallon tank of gas at a golf course, the vehicle suddenly took off. Considering that the top speed of a Hummer is right around one-hundred miles per hour, we can safely say that the driver was giving it all he had in an attempt to get away. The high-speed chase ended as the Hummer smashed into a tree and rolled several times in a nearby parking lot. The eighteen-year-old-driver sustained leg injuries which required a hospital stay and will face charges after being deemed healthy.

Sixty-eight gallons of gasoline were said to be found missing from the tank by the golf course superintendent. To recap: this story is further proof that:

  1. Hummers are very expensive to fill up.
  2. Gas thefts are on the rise in the face of record-high fuel prices.

[Source: WPXI News]

Tags: gas, gas prices, gas theft, gas thefts, gas thieves, gasoline, gasoline prices, gasoline theft, gasoline thieves, GasolinePrices, GasolineTheft, GasolineThieves, GasPrices, GasTheft, GasThefts, GasThieves

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