1.   A truck sped past us, stirring up a cloud of dust as it went.

2.   A fire truck sped off, lights flashing and siren blaring, to extricate a little girl.

3.   A woman who saw the fire truck two blocks before the collision said the truck had sped past her vehicle.

4.   But the noise is irregular at best, as most cars and trucks speed silently by.

5.   In short order, the shiny new truck sped out of its garage.

6.   The truck sped away.

7.   Police said the truck was speeding and apparently lost its brakes around midday Wednesday.

8.   It quoted witnesses as saying the truck had been speeding.

9.   Its chief proponent, Long Beach Township Mayor James Mancini, said he was worried commercial trucks would be speeding along the boulevard, a county road.

10.   Moments later hundreds of students scattered into the bushes when a truck of soldiers sped by, shooting their rifles into the crowd.