Off-duty fire captain and Lincoln County resident save crash victim from burning SUV

Off-duty fire captain and Lincoln County resident save crash victim from burning SUV

TROY, Mo. - Earlier this week, Melvin Ashburn, a retiree and Lincoln County resident, pulled over when he saw a vehicle in a ditch. “First, I just thought he was in a ditch, but then I saw that the airbags had been deployed,” he said. Tim Mosher, an off-duty fire captain with the Central County Fire & Rescue, also pulled over. The two were able to pull the unconscious driver from the vehicle as flames began to rise. “By the time we got him out o…