Bad gas? 15+ cars break down after filling up at Southeast Georgia gas station

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ST. MARYS, Ga. – Nearly 2 twelve radical were near stranded connected the broadside of the roadworthy Saturday aft filling up their tanks astatine a Southeast Georgia state station.

Pain astatine the pump meant much than precocious state prices for Adrianna Garland aft filling up her mom’s car with state astatine the Pilot Travel Center successful St. Marys connected Saturday evening.

“I filled up, made it possibly a mile connected the road going to Jacksonville and past the car conscionable started shaking and it stopped running,” Garland, who was stranded for much than 3 hours, told News4Jax.

Garland wasn’t the lone idiosyncratic stuck connected the broadside of the road.

About 20 cars broke down aft constabulary accidental drivers filled up their tanks astatine the Pilot.

Sergio Rodriquez recorded compartment telephone video showing aggregate trucks and cars stalled. A U-Haul motortruck could beryllium seen being towed away.

St. Marys Police officers were besides seen extracurricular adjacent the pumps and wrong the store speaking with customers.

News4Jax tried to interaction Pilot to inquire if it knows what caused the cars to interruption down, but we person not heard back.

Garland’s parent said the wide manager told her the institution is helping out.

“She did accidental that everyone was going to person to wage for the costs upfront and to marque definite to prevention each receipts and they would beryllium hopefully reimbursing people. I don’t cognize however overmuch it’s going to cost, however overmuch it’s going to take,” Jennifer Gipson said.

Garland and Gipson aren’t definite what damages their car faces but they’re hoping it volition commencement up again soon.

The St. Mary’s Police Department said a authorities bureau volition beryllium conducting the investigation.