Good Samaritan rescues man from burning car in Joliet

Fire caught on police bodycam
Friday, October 20, 2023
JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) -- A truck driver is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a man from a burning car Wednesday night in Joliet.

Police body cameras captured the fire that was sparked earlier this week when a car hit a light pole.
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The crash happened on Wednesday just after 10 p.m. on Laraway Road near Paterson Road.

ABC7 has learned that before police arrived, a truck driver, who was passing by, stopped and rescued a man from the burning vehicle, which the concrete pole had fallen onto. That truck driver also tried to put the fire out with his extinguisher.
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According to the Joliet Fire Department, the man might not have survived if not for the quick action of that truck driver.

Firefighters eventually put out the blaze.
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