Woman Killed After Gas Station Pump Explodes

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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
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  Spencer Eden/KDVR-TV

March 17: A Colorado Springs convenience store 
gasoline pump caught fire and exploded, killing a woman.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. ­  A convenience store 
gasoline pump caught fire and exploded Tuesday, 
killing a woman and injuring at least one other person, police said.

Witnesses told The Gazette newspaper the pump 
caught fire after hit was hit by a pickup that 
had in turn been struck by an SUV. Police said 
the incident was under investigation.

The woman was pumping gas when the fire erupted, 
and she was trapped between the pump and a minivan, witnesses said.

"She was standing there screaming 'Help me! Help 
me! I'm going to die,"' Greg Alderman told The Gazette.

Police Lt. Dave Whitlock identified the woman who 
was killed as 18-year-old Whitney Hendrickson of Colorado Springs.

The SUV driver, 29-year-old Kelli Renae McKay of 
Colorado Springs, was treated at Memorial 
Hospital for bruises. She was cited for suspicion 
of careless driving involving a death, a misdemeanor, Whitlock said.

A passenger in the minivan was unharmed as was the driver of the pickup.

Alderman, who works across the street from the 
7-Eleven store where the explosion occurred, said 
he tried to get to the woman but the heat was too intense.

Michael Horvat, who also works across the street, 
said he ran to the store with a fire extinguisher 
but an off-duty firefighter yelled at him to back 
off. Just then the pump exploded.

"She was frozen in there, between the gas pumps 
and her car," Horvat said. "She was holding her 
face. Flames were all around her. She never got out."

Colorado Springs is about 60 miles south of Denver.

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