WATERTOWN, Mass. — Hours after the gun battle in suburban Boston that left one marathon bombing suspect dead and another severely wounded, a tow truck delivered this bullet-riddled Mercedes SUV to police headquarters here in Watertown.

In these photographs, taken at the police station last Friday afternoon and obtained by NBC News, bullet holes are visible in the windshield and driver's side door of the SUV.  The front bumper and left headlight are crumpled and cracked.

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The photos capture another step in a strange journey for the luxury car, which was hijacked by bombing suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev late Thursday evening in Cambridge and then driven to Watertown, according to a criminal complaint filed by federal authorities.

There in Watertown, according to the complaint and eyewitnesses, the brothers traded fire with police, before Dzhokhar used the car to break through police lines and escape capture for roughly 16 hours.

As he sped toward authorities, Dzhokhar collided with his older brother, Tamerlan, officials and eyewitnesses told NBC News.  Dragged across the pavement and wounded by gunfire, Tamerlan was captured and pronounced dead at 1:35 a.m. Frirday at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Dzhohkar was discovered in a nearby backyard on Friday evening, where he had taken refuge inside a boat parked less than mile from the scene of the gunfight.

The Mercedes was recovered at an intersection near where Dzhokhar was hiding.

A Tennessee man credited his newly adopted puppy with saving his life after an SUV smashed into his jewelry store this week.

Police said a 66-year-old man had a coughing fit and hit the accelerator instead of the brake pedal Thursday morning, sending his Ford Expedition speeding into the front of The Jewelers on West Main Street in Lebanon, Tenn. No one was seriously hurt, but the owner, Shawn Smith estimated that the crash caused tens of thousands of dollars of damage.

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A witness, Tara Duncan of Lebanon, told The Wilson Post that the SUV flew right by her as she was entering her car to leave a store next door to The Jewelers.

"The vehicle never stopped," she said.

Smith told NBC station WSMV of Nashville that just beforehand, he'd been standing near where the SUV made its dramatic entrance.

"I adopted a puppy this morning," Smith said, but it began barking, so he decided to take it home. "It was literally just two minutes before.

"My puppy saved my life," he said.

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Police ruled the incident an accident and said no charges would be filed.

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A 23-year-old man was in a critical condition in a hospital burn unit after his SUV exploded in flames, NBCConnecticut.com reported.

Witnesses who helped the man, Justin Hervey, described the horrific scene in Fairfield, Conn.

"We were just trying to tell him to stop, drop and roll a few times," Peter Porrazzo said.

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Porrazzo was part of a group of parents and coaches at a Little League game who witnessed the explosion and fire.

Hervey caught on fire while trying to escape from his burning Chevy Tahoe at the Tunxis Hill Park baseball field around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday near where Little Leaguers were playing ball, according to police.

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A coach was finally able to grab Hervey and drag him to the ground.

"We were beating him with blankets, backpacks, whatever we could get.  Eventually we were able to get him and he started to roll at the end, where he ended up landing and we were able to get the rest of the flames," Porrazzo said.

Porrazzo even grabbed a case of Diet Pepsi and began to pour the soda on Hervey to douse the flames.

Hervey suffered burns to most of his body and was taken to the Bridgeport Hospital burn unit, where he is in critical condition.

'A really heroic act'
One of the people who helped the victim also suffered burns and had to be treated.

"The fact that they took it upon themselves to risk their lives in putting out someone who's on fire, is a really heroic act," Fairfield Police Lt. James Perez said.

Police are investigating the cause of the explosion and fire.

"The investigation is going to take us one of three places: It's either going to take us to the accidental bracket, on purpose bracket or mechanical failure," Perez said.

Fairfield police also released the 911 calls reporting the fire. Some calls are calm as they tell emergency crews that a man was engulfed in flames after emerging from a burning car. Others are frantic pleas for assistance.

"There's somebody on fire, a car exploded or something," one woman told dispatchers.

"A car's on fire?" the dispatcher asked.

"No, a person is on fire, a person went running and they're completely engulfed in flames," the caller said.

"There's a person on fire, ma'am?" the dispatcher asked.

"Yes ... they are running toward the baseball field," she said.

Another caller calmly relayed the information and said some fathers were taking care of the victim.

"There was a car accident and somebody's on fire, and we need an ambulance," one caller calmly reported and instructed emergency workers to come to the upper field. "He stepped out of the car, but he was on fire."

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Police arrested the mother of a 15-month-old baby who died after being left in the back seat of a hot SUV on Wednesday afternoon.

Concepcion Rodriguez, 26, is charged with injury to a child after officers say she left the baby in the vehicle for nearly three hours after returning from a trip to a store, according to a statement from local police.

Neighbors say the child's name was Benny Jr.

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Cornelio Reyna, a family friend, said, "He was a very happy little kid. He was always around with mommy and daddy and they always played around with him and stuff."

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Police say the mother returned from the store at 1 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET) with her own children and others in her care. In total there were seven children in the SUV aged between three and seven.

Six children left the vehicle.

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Detectives say when the father got home just before 4 p.m. (5 p.m. ET) he asked about the child – and that when the parents realized he was still in the SUV.

Temperatures reached nearly 100 degrees outside, so inside the vehicle it was much hotter.

"I don't know how something like this could've happened, I really don't know," Reyna added.

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Neighbors said they would see the boy playing outside with his siblings.

Neighbor Melinda Moore said, "It's terrible. I just can't imagine that we're hearing this all the time and to have it just three houses down the street, I don't understand how it happens."

The Corpus Christi police statement added:

Police are carefully investigating this event to evaluate if criminal charges are appropriate.  Child Protective Services are evaluating the circumstances to determine the appropriate placement of the other children.

Corpus Christi Police urge parents and child caregivers to prevent hyperthermia in a few ways to avoid heat related injuries or death. Never leave a child alone in a vehicle and consistently leave all unattended vehicles locked. Create reminders and habits such as leave a purse, cell phone, or item you need at your next stop near the child. 

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A sports utility vehicle carrying 10 children veered out of control and overturned on its way to a water park in East Texas on Monday, killing five of the young people, according to local reports. 

Four girls aged two, three, six and 13, and a boy aged five were dead on the scene, about 70 miles east of Dallas, the Star-Telegram reported.  A three-year-old died late on Monday night, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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Five children and two adults were taken to hospitals in Dallas and Tyler after the crash at around 2:15 p.m. (3:15 p.m. ET), NBC News affiliate in Dallas reported.

 

 

 

 

Four children were listed in critical condition, the Dallas Morning News reported. 

The Texas Department of Public Safety said the vehicle, a GMC Envoy, was carrying two adults and 10 children when it rolled into a ditch, the paper reported.  The SUV did not have any child seats or enough safety belts, it added. 

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Nine occupants were ejected when the vehicle rolled into a ditch, according to The Dallas Morning News. 

Officials said it wasn't clear what had caused the the single-vehicle crash.

"There's a language barrier between investigators and the occupants," Trooper Jean Dark told the newspaper. 

Everyone in the car was wearing a swimsuit, Dark added, which led investigators to conclude that the group was heading to a water park.

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Six people were killed and one was injured Thursday morning when a tractor trailer carrying yogurt rear-ended a vehicle that had slowed for construction work, causing a chain reaction. 

Five of the victims died when their SUV caught fire after being hit. Trooper Jack Keller told The Associated Press that the driver of the first vehicle struck died at a hospital.

The tractor-trailer driver,  James A. Mills Jr. of Myerstown, Pa., was taken to a hospital for treatment, the AP said.

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The AP reported the tractor-trailer was heading down Route 11 in Antwerp, a town 90 miles north of Syracuse and a few miles from the Canadian border, when it hit the back of a vehicle causing it to collide with a Department of Transportation truck and the SUV.

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State police told the AP the SUV was moving slowly or was stopped because of roadwork. 

The road, a two-lane stretch of highway, had signs warning motorists that crews were conducting road work ahead.

It is not known if the five occupants inside the SUV were all related, police told the AP.

The AP reported a DOT spokesperson said a crew was repaving the road and that an agency employee had been airlifted to a hospital. His condition was not known. 

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The tractor-trailer was carrying yogurt from a nearby plant to a neighboring county at the time of the accident, according to the AP. 

Troopers told the AP reported  that Mills will be tested for drugs and that they were inspecting the trailer for mechanical problems. 

The Jefferson County district attorney will determine if charges will be filed. 

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A 16-month-old Indiana toddler suffers a seizure after being left in an SUV in which the temperature hits 124 degrees. A 4-month-old girl dies after being forgotten in a vehicle for hours.

Dozens of such heat-related injuries and deaths happen each year, and in the vast majority of such cases, parents don't intentionally leave their children in the car, said Janette Fennell, founder and president of KidsAndCars.org, a nonprofit organization that aims to prevent injuries to children around motor vehicles.

"The lion's share of these incidents happen to the best of parents," Fennell told msnbc.com. "The biggest mistake someone can make is thinking it can't happen to you."

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Both of the incidents above occurred within an hour of each other in the Indianapolis area on Saturday, a day when temperatures rose about 100 degrees. 

The 16-month-old toddler left the hospital on Sunday and was released to her grandmother's custody, NBC station WTHR in Indianapolis reported. 

The toddler’s mother, Meg Trueblood, 30, was bonded out of jail Sunday after being charged with felony neglect of a dependent.

Police say Trueblood left the child in her SUV for more than an hour to go shopping at a clothing store. Another shopper discovered the child and called 911. Police broke the passenger window and brought the child into the store looking for her guardian. The girl suffered a heat-related seizure after being pulled from vehicle.

The temperature inside the vehicle read 124 degrees, according to a press release by the Fishers Police Department.

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Trueblood's two other children were allowed to stay with her at home. 

In another incident just one county over, the father of the four-month-old girl is facing a charge of neglect of a dependent resulting in death. He was released after posting bond Sunday. 

Greenville police responded to a call saying an infant was left in a car for some time, but when they arrived they learned the child had been taken to the hospital by her grandfather.

The father, Joshua Stryzanski, 18, told police he thought someone was watching the baby and wasn’t aware she was still sitting in her car seat with the vehicle's windows rolled up, according to a police affidavit.

When he realized he had to go pick up the baby's mother from work, he discovered her in the car. 

Investigators said the temperature outside was 104 degrees when they responded to the call.

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According to the affidavit, the base of the car seat tested 119 degrees after a door had been left open for almost two hours. Investigators said the baby had visible third-degree burns on her legs and arms. 

If convicted, Stryzanski could face a sentence of 20 to 50 years and a $10,000 fine. Trueblood could face up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.

According to KidsAndCars.org, an average of 38 children die each year from heat-related causes from being trapped inside motor vehicles. 

The nonprofit has tracked such deaths since 1998. In 2011, 33 children died from vehicular heat stroke deaths, down from 49 the previous year, according to KidsAndCars.org. 

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A 21-year-old woman has died after a possible road rage incident in Virginia, NBC Washington reported late Friday.

A woman got into a confrontation with someone in a black Chevrolet SUV and got out of her car in Hybla Valley, Fairfax County, Friday morning, police said.

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Then something violent happened that caused the death of the woman, who was from Fairfax County.

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“It’s possible she was struck by the other car,” Fairfax County police Officer Bud Walker said.

“It’s possible she was struck by another person. Those are the questions that our detectives are looking in to," he added.

The black SUV did not remain at the scene.

Police have interviewed a man driving another SUV who pulled over at the scene. Investigators spent hours working the scene.

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