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Cross-country drive on 2 gallons of gas
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- A fiery traffic accident in Manhattan nearly turned into a scene from an Indiana Jones film when one of the cars turned out to be hauling dozens of snakes.
The reptiles were being transported in aquariums that had to be quickly unloaded and hustled to safety as New York firefighters rushed to the scene.
The driver of the car, Sean Casey, runs an animal rescue center in Brooklyn and was en route to an adoption event Saturday when he smacked into a retaining wall on FDR Drive. Casey wasn't hurt, but the impact sparked a fire in the engine compartment.
"I got out of the car and ran to the back," he told the New York Post. "I opened the tailgate and took six or seven fish tanks and put them on the wall."
None of the snakes got loose, but Casey said he had to wrap the aquariums in blankets to keep the cold-blooded critters snuggly warm.
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