The bus hit a gas line

[Glizdka]

This comes from foxnews.com

An 11-year-old Louisiana boy was taken into custody by police on Sunday, after stealing a school bus and leading officers on a chase, which ended in a crash.


Around 11:30 a.m., the bus hit a gas line and then a tree before authorities surrounded it to take the boy away, according to WBRZ in Baton Rouge.


Police said the bus had no keys in the ignition and only required a push-to-start button.


An eyewitness reportedly managed to record the incident on video.


There was, however, no major damage or injuries initially reported at the scene.


Authorities added that the suspect was likely too small to reach the pedals on the floor and was forced to stand while driving.


The child had been seen flipping off the police with his middle finger as he drove past them with the bus, WBRZ reported.


The boy was later booked into juvenile detention on charges including theft of a motor vehicle and aggravated assault.

What's a gas line?

 

[GoesStation]

A pipeline for natural gas. They're normally buried, but some large ones run above ground, especially in areas near processing plants.

 

[SoothingDave]

Or a service line to a house. The meters are above ground and typically on the property line (the homeowner is responsible for the line from the edge of property to the actual house.)

 

[PeterCW]

It's specifically an AmE usage.

In the UK gas pipes are normally buried so the situation wouldn't occur here but the domestic supply pipe is a "gas main" while a long distance pipeline is just a "gas pipeline".

 

[Tarheel]

I would have probably used just the one sentence (about the bus hitting a gas line), but it is an interesting story.

 

[SoothingDave]

Yes, the lines to a house would be buried, except where the meter is and/or where it enters the structure.

 

[Tdol]

In the UK, I think you could only hit a pipeline with a bus.

 

[Glizdka]

A pipeline for natural gas. They're normally buried, but some large ones run above ground, especially in areas near processing plants.

That's why I asked.

I thought it would be that, a large, long-range pipeline, but it didn't make sense. Colliding with a large pipeline would have damaged the vehicle enough to stop it, yet it kept on going until it hit a tree, so it couldn't have been a large pipeline.

It's specifically an AmE usage.

In the UK gas pipes are normally buried so the situation wouldn't occur here but the domestic supply pipe is a "gas main" while a long distance pipeline is just a "gas pipeline".

That explains it. If it's just a small pipe for supplying a single household, then the damage to the vehicle wouldn't have been enough to stop it.

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Would you be so kind to google an image showing what a gas line looks like, just so I'm sure I understand what the crazy 11-year-old hit with the bus?

 

[Glizdka]

Can't you use Google yourself?

I can, but the results are inconclusive.

When I google gas line, I find everything from a girthy industrial pipeline...

...to a funny little cable I could use to siphon gas from my neighbour's car...

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It would be really helpful to see a picture of what the 11-year-old might've run the bus into because googling the term myself is about as useful as a screen door on a submarine.

 

[tedmc]

The context gives you an idea of the scale of the "gas line" - that of a residential neighbourhood.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

residential gas line

(Cross posted)

 

[Glizdka]

That thing?

 

[emsr2d2]

Glizdka, you need to take care over copyright. That picture is clearly watermarked so, unless it clearly stated on their website that you can use it for free, you should not be sharing it. This forum is bound by copyright laws in the UK, where it is based. Please post links to such images in future, not the image itself.