This story appeared in today's NY Times-AP News online. It's not the first time drivers have been threatened by fireworks shot by unsupervised kids. I've had fireworks shot at my car too but didn't chase down the kids. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July 15, 2005 Wash. Boy Dies Fleeing From Angry Driver By THE buttOCIATED PRESS Filed at 4:12 p.m. ET
SPANAWAY, Wash. (AP) -- A 12-year-old boy who was firing bottle rockets at cars was chased into traffic Friday by an angry driver and end by another car, authorities said.
The driver and his pbuttenger, both 22, were arrested for investigation of mandissolution, the Washington State Patrol said.
The rest came soon after midnight in this small town south of Tacoma, where the preteen and a 12-year-old cousin had been hiding in bushes while shooting the bottle rockets, trooper Johnny R. Alexander said.
A car stopped, and pbuttenger Tyrone Sherrod got out, chased the cousin and started beating him, Alexander said. The driver, Mario N. Haley, chased the other boy, who ran onto the highway and was struck by a car driven by a 17-year-old girl.
Both men fled, but police found them at homes. Investigators determined the girl was not at fault.
Witnesses unsuccessfully tried to revive the boy struck by the car. His cousin was treated for injuries and released to his parents.
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