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Man gets away with cash after blowing up ATM in West Philadelphia: police

Man gets away with cash after blowing up ATM in West Philadelphia
Man gets away with cash after blowing up ATM in West Philadelphia 00:31

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- An explosion rattled a West Philadelphia neighborhood Wednesday night when police say a man blew up an ATM.

It happened around 11:30 p.m. on North 57th Street.

investigators say a man put something inside of an ATM inside a takeout restaurant and then it exploded.

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Police the man grabbed the cash and left in car that was waiting nearby.

Police reviewed surveillance video shows that same car dropped off the man about a block away before the explosion.

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