PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – Phoenix Police released a dramatic body camera video of officers rescuing a man from a burning car last week. The accident happened around 6:30 a.m. last Thursday near 34th Street and Osborn Road. Phoenix Police said when officers arrived to the accident, they found the car on fire and an unconscious man in it released that pulled an unconscious man from a burning car crash last week. Sgt. According to Mercedes Fortune, the officers tried to open the driver’s door, but it was locked. One of the officers tried to break the glass with a tool, but to no avail. The officer injured his hand. The other officer asked a neighbor for something that could break the glass, and the neighbor gave him a small fire extinguisher. The officer was then able to break the glass and both officers pulled the unconscious man out of the vehicle. “We knew what the goal was and it was to get this person out of a burning car,” said one of the police officers who responded, Joel. Kaminski. “We tried to break the window. I sustained a hand injury trying. ”Injured Phoenix officer pulling an unconscious man from a fiery crash. Officials immediately began resuscitation of the 55-year-old man. The Phoenix Fire Department took him to the hospital where he is still in critical condition. “It was pretty exciting to see it work and you could see signs of life coming back to him when we initially had no contact, there were no signs of life,” said Kaminsky. Fortune said the man may have suffered a medical episode that caused the crash. Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Rundfunkgesellschaft). All rights reserved.
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