Like any other morning after a pre-school football workout, Bradley-Bourbonnais’ Calvin Kohl was leaving the school to head home before returning for class at the end of his junior year.

Driving through the residential neighborhood west of the school, the back of Kohl’s red pickup truck was slightly hit by another car that was backing out, but it was just enough to send Kohl’s truck flipping over twice, landing on its side. The bed of his truck housed his lawn equipment and gasoline, which he immediately started to smell once his truck came to rest.

“That definitely was a scary moment,” Kohl said. “I landed on my side and luckily had my seat belt on, but then I looked back and noticed the gas dripping down by my face. I’m going to be honest, I kind of freaked out.”

His cousin, Ethan,

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