Firefighters mistakenly tear apart car during drill

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. (AP) Firefighters practicing how to use the Jaws of Life brought an early death to an innocent Honda Accord.

Antonio Rocha, 32, parked his 1986 black coupe behind the fire department's headquarters Friday morning, next to two cars that had been supplied for the Jaws of Life exercise. The life-saving equipment is used to extract passengers from mangled vehicles.

When the exercise began, firefighters assumed Rocha's car was part of the drill and removed its roof and doors, police told The MetroWest Daily News.

Rocha had left his car near the fire station while he walked across the street to the Adesa car auctions on Western Avenue, according to the police report.



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