{"id":205863,"date":"2015-07-06T06:06:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T20:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=205863"},"modified":"2015-07-06T06:06:26","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T20:06:26","slug":"car-overturns-catches-fire-after-teen-driver-falls-asleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/car-overturns-catches-fire-after-teen-driver-falls-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Car overturns, catches fire after teen driver falls asleep"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenager fell asleep while driving toward the Dandan area, causing her car to swerve to the shoulder of Isa Drive after the airport traffic light, overturn into a ditch, before it caught fire Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The driver, a 19-year-old female, managed to get out from the car. Medics treated her for shock and transported her to the Commonwealth Health Center.
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A firefighter sprays water into a car that overturned into a ditch and caught fire on the shoulder of Isa Drive in Dandan on Wednesday morning. Medics treated the 19-year-old female driver for shock. The teenager reportedly fell asleep while driving, causing her car to swerve. (DEREK GERSONDE)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The teenager had no passenger.<\/p>\n

Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services spokesman Derek Gersonde said DFEMS received a call about a vehicle on fire on the main road of Isa Drive after the airport traffic light on Wednesday at 8:16am.<\/p>\n

Gersonde said firefighters arrived at the scene at 8:24am and extinguished and put the fire under control at 8:36am.<\/p>\n

Arson investigators also later arrived.<\/p>\n

Gersonde said when firefighters arrived, the teenager was found 30 feet away from the blue 2000 Toyota Camry that was fully engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

Arson investigators learned that the fire was caused by flammable liquid leaking and in contact with an ignition source within the engine compartment.<\/p>\n

The car swerved into the ditch about 15 feet deep, and overturned with all four wheels in the air and angled toward the engine compartment.<\/p>\n

The engine compartment had obvious signs of extended heat exposure that created a \u201cclean burn\u201d and is an indication of the fire\u2019s origin, according to Gersonde.<\/p>\n

He said the fire spread throughout the car because of the combustibility of the materials installed in the vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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