Police officers run toward burning car to rescue 2 after fiery Oswego DUI crash | Video

'Things could have gone much worse,' Oswego, IL police said
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
OSWEGO, Ill. (WLS) -- Dramatic new video shows two Oswego police officers running toward a burning car and rescuing two people from it.

You can see the car's engine is on a fire, after a crash.
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Officers Hayes and Vargas can be seen running toward the burning car before pulling the driver and passenger out.

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They then worked to put out the flames.
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No one else was hurt in the crash.

The driver was charged with DUI, among other offenses, Oswego police said.



"Things could have gone much worse," they said in a Facebook post Monday.
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