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"Hey, look at that!" Luke Schumacher slowed his Jeep Cherokee along the dark street, where only a few lights glowed from the thin scattering of homes. About 100 yards ahead, a car had jumped the curb. They could see its red taillights bobbing in the blackness.Luke and three of his buddies were on their way across town to pick up another friend. As usual on summer evenings, the boys had no special plans. Maybe play some Xbox, cruise around town, stop at Taco Bell or Wal-Mart.
But now, the teens saw a girl lying on the ground. "Pull over," said Zachary McIntyre from the backseat. As they approached, a man ran to the car and sped away.
The girl got up and ran to their window, screaming. It was one of their classmates, Sammy Schink. Her top was ripped, and she had scratches across her chest and neck.
"What happened?" the boys all yelled at once. Zach and Matt Rodriguez jumped out of the Jeep. Luke gunned the engine and took off after the Dodge. It was several hundred yards ahead, careening down South Powerline on three tires. The front right tire had blown out, and the car was riding on the wheel rim -- sparks shooting into the black night. The driver switched off his headlights and turned left onto York Street. Luke made the turn too.
Drew Jenkins clambered up to the Jeep's front seat as he punched in 911 on his cell phone. "Someone's been hit on a bike," he said. "We're following the guy who hit her." As they sped through the looping streets of a subdivision, Drew rattled off the names to the operator: "We're on York. Now we're on Crestview."
Meanwhile, back on the sidewalk, Zach and Matt were trying to calm their sobbing classmate. "He tried to rape me!" she told them. But before she could finish describing what happened, the blast of a car horn jolted the three teens.
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