VIDEO: A dramatic rescue by Fayetteville Police was caught on body cam video. It showed officers save a passenger from a fiery crash from over the weekend.
In the body camera video, you can see flames spreading across the front half of the car, as officers run up to the open passenger side door, get the seat belt off, and then pull the person to safety - extinguishing their clothes, which had caught fire. The driver and passenger were both taken to the hospital to be checked out. Their current conditions are not known.
Police said officers responded to the crash off Helen Sams Parkway just after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, after another off-duty officer saw the car leave the roadway, hit a tree and catch fire.
Fayetteville Police said officer Maggie Murphy got to the scene and, with the help of the off-duty officer, forced open the passenger door. A second Fayetteville officer, Michael Perry, who got there moments later, pulled the passenger out of the car and put out the flames on the passenger's clothes.