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<p><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/07/11/the-beach-news-by-alan-henney-fishing-experts-say-no-need-to-fear-chumming-boats-they-are-looking-to-catch-the-sharks/the-beach-news/" rel="attachment wp-att-11546"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11546" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/07/The-Beach-News.jpg" alt="The Beach News" width="800" height="234" /></a></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">DRAMATIC VIDEO SHOWS RESCUE OF DRIVER BEFORE ED&#8217;S BURSTS INTO FLAMES</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">New video being released by the Dewey Beach Police Department today shows the intense moments after Ed&#8217;s Chicken &; Crabs burst into flames after attempts by police to contain the blaze were unsuccessful.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The video being released comes from one of the town&#8217;s cameras, the one mounted on the pole at Swedes Street. At <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1425823896"><span class="aQJ">2:01:53 a.m.</span></span> last Tuesday, the camera is in auto-paning mode and catches a glimpse of a 2013 Mini Cooper speeding by as it loses control around Clayton Street, crosses the median and slams into the landmark restaurant. By <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1425823897"><span class="aQJ">2:02:30 a.m.</span></span>, the camera is taken off paning mode and is fixed on Ed&#8217;s as officers are seen entering the structure.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Less than 20 seconds later, five seasonal police officers, a state trooper and a bystander help rescue and carry the female driver &#8212; and sole occupant &#8212; across Coastal Highway to safety.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The fire has already started. At <span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_1425823898"><span class="aQJ">2:05:15 a.m.</span></span>, a full-time Dewey Beach officer arrives and removes a fire extinguisher from his trunk and goes into Ed&#8217;s to fight the fire. He also attempts to use a garden hose, but the water service was damaged in the crash and his attempts to stop the stubborn propane-fed fire are unsuccessful.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Police retreat and start moving their vehicles out of the way for fire apparatus. Dewey Beach PD Cpl. Greg Lynch took this photo as police waited for firefighters. This photo has already become one of the most shared photos of the summer in Dewey Beach.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_11772" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11772" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/08/15/dwi-hit-parade-the-beach-news-reports-rescue-of-dui-michelle-small-arrested-after-crash-and-burning-of-eds-chicken-crabs/dewey-beach-pd-cpl-greg-lynch-took-this-photo-as-police-waited-for-firefighters-081516/" rel="attachment wp-att-11772"><img class="size-full wp-image-11772" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Dewey-Beach-PD-Cpl.-Greg-Lynch-took-this-photo-as-police-waited-for-firefighters.-081516.jpg" alt="Dewey Beach PD Cpl. Greg Lynch - The Beach News" width="800" height="591" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11772" class="wp-caption-text">Dewey Beach PD Cpl. Greg Lynch &#8211; The Beach News</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Once firefighters arrive, they start getting water on the fire around 2:16 a.m. and knock it out within about 15 minutes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The driver of the car, says Sgt. Clifford Dempsey, has been identified as 36-year-old Michelle Small of Wyoming, Delaware. She was arrested and later taken to Beebe Hospital, treated, released and charged with DUI and related traffic charges.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_11774" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11774" style="width: 800px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//2016/08/15/dwi-hit-parade-the-beach-news-reports-rescue-of-dui-michelle-small-arrested-after-crash-and-burning-of-eds-chicken-crabs/michelle-small-charged-with-dui-by-dewey-beach-police-after-destroying-eds-chicken-crabs/" rel="attachment wp-att-11774"><img class="size-full wp-image-11774" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Michelle-Small-charged-with-DUI-by-Dewey-Beach-Police-after-destroying-Eds-Chicken-Crabs.jpg" alt="Michelle Small charged with DUI by Dewey Beach Police after destroying Ed's Chicken &; Crabs" width="800" height="529" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11774" class="wp-caption-text">Michelle Small charged with DUI by Dewey Beach Police after destroying Ed&#8217;s Chicken &; Crabs</figcaption></figure>
<h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sgt. Dempsey says Small had been traveling at a high rate of speed on southbound Coastal Highway as she entered Dewey Beach. She appears to have failed to negotiate the curve at Houston Street and lost control of her Mini Cooper around Clayton Street, crossed the center median and crashed into the restaurant just north of Swedes Street. <a href="http://henney.com/weekend12/index2016ecc.htm">SEE MORE FROM THE BEACH REPORT WITH ALAN HENNEY</a></span></h2>
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