Police: Teen Pulls Kids From Burning Car

Just before 2 PM Tuesday in the 7300-block of Ridge Road, Marriottsville, 15-year-old Michael Shearer was doing yard work when he saw a Toyota van go by his home and then crash about a football field away.

"I heard a really loud screeching sound and then I heard a crashing sound," he said. "And then I saw smoke."

Shearer said he ran down the hill and found the van in flames.

"I thought there was no way that someone could have survived something that bad," he said.
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