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A man is accused of setting two houses on fire on 4th Street and F Street, which fortunately had no one in them at the time. After commiting arson, the suspect backed his car up to the front doors of a Good and Quick convenience store then slammed on the gas, causing the car to blast backwards into the store and nearly strike two people. The man then sped away at speeds of up to 80 mph.
Cromwell police and fire crews responded to the McDonald's at 30 Shunpike Road at 5:40 a.m. after report of a motor vehicle crash. When officers arrived at the scene a raging fire had engulfed the car in the back parking lot and smoke was rising from the vehicle. Fire put out the fire shortly after, but police learned that the driver was still inside and found him dead in the driver's seat.
After a bar fight, two people got into a car and left at a high rate of speed. An off duty deputy soon spotted the vehicle on SR 6, and recorded it traveling at 120 mph. Two deputies pursued the vehicle but lost sight of it as it neared Helper. Deputies later found that the car had collided with a house, setting both on fire. By the time the crash was discovered there was nothing officers or firefighters could do to save the car's occupants or the house. No one was in the house at the time, and no other people were injured.