Good Samaritan rescues man from burning car in Joliet

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.

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.

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.