US EditionOfficer Rescues Woman From Burning Car in Aftermath of Interstate Crash in Phoenix
- A Goodyear police officer pulled an 18-year-old woman from a burning vehicle following a multi-car accident early on the morning of May 25 close to the junction of Interstate 10 and 91st Avenue in Goodyear, Arizona.
- While transporting a suspect, the officer came upon a fiery crash and promptly responded when the driver inside, with flames catching her hair, signaled urgently for assistance.
- He broke the driver's side window using a pair of scissors, pulled the woman from the car, tried to extinguish flames with his hands, and then used a fire extinguisher, sustaining serious burns.
- Police confirmed that the critically burned woman taken to a burn center is the 18-year-old child of a firefighter from Goodyear, and although the officer sustaining injuries during the rescue was hospitalized, he is anticipated to recover fully.
- Goodyear Police Chief Brian Issitt praised the officer’s actions as heroic and selfless, noting they saved a life and underscored the risks officers take to protect the public.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A woman trapped inside a burning car on an interstate in west Phoenix was pulled to safety by an officer who happened to be driving by and busted through the glass on her window. The rescue early Saturday morning unfolded as Officer Dakota Berry returned to his duties in nearby Goodyear after booking a suspect at a county jail. When he spotted the two-vehicle crash on Interstate 10, Berry could hear honking from the car that was i…
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Officer rescues woman from burning car in aftermath of interstate crash in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — A woman trapped inside a burning car on an interstate in west Phoenix was pulled to safety by an officer who happened to be driving by and busted through the glass on her window. The rescue early Saturday morning unfolded as Officer Dakota Berry returned to his duties in nearby Goodyear after booking a suspect at a county jail. When he spotted the two-vehicle crash on Interstate 10, Berry could hear honking from the car that was i…
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Police officer rescues woman from burning car
By KNXV News Staff Click here for updates on this story GOODYEAR, Arizona (KNXV) — A Goodyear police officer rescued a woman from a burning car after a multi-vehicle crash early Saturday morning. Police say it happened near I-10 and 91st Avenue just before 4:30 a.m. When the officer arrived, he found one vehicle fully engulfed. Inside the car was a woman “honking her horn in desperate plea for help,” police said. The officer quickly jumped i…
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