LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Mt. Pleasent Police Division carried out a heroic last-minute rescue final Sunday, pulling a 22-year-old lady from Sterling Heights from a car engulfed in flames.
Police report that they have been dispatched to a rollover accident on the North Mission Street roundabout at round 9:55 p.m. on Oct. 27.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a automobile on its facet with flames popping out of the again. Officers on the scene broke the windshield and dragged the driving force to security simply seconds earlier than the car was utterly engulfed in smoke and hearth.
Nobody else was contained in the automobile, and the driving force was handled for minor accidents at a neighborhood hospital.
Within the physique digicam footage, officers might be seen racing towards a automobile shortly being engulfed in an inferno.
Officers arriving on the scene of the crash (Mt. Nice Police Division)
The officer carrying the physique digicam might be seen utilizing their axe to interrupt via the windshield to free the driving force inside because the flames intensify.
Officer utilizing an axe to interrupt the windshield of a car (Mt. Nice Police Division)
Then, the lady trapped inside forcefully shoves her leg via the small break within the windshield.
A girl’s leg pushed via the damaged windshield of a crashed car (Mt. Nice Police Division)
The officer grabs her leg and pulls her out in a last-ditch effort to get the lady to security.
Police grabbing the leg of a ladies trapped inside a car (Mt. Nice Police Division)
Girl free of burning car by police (Mt. Nice Police Division)
Police lastly free the trapped lady from the car. Shortly after, the entrance seat that she was in moments earlier than catches hearth.
Car engulfed in flames (Mt. Nice Police Division)