A Texas police officer is being credited with saving a woman’s life after pulling her from a burning vehicle along Interstate 30 in Mesquite late last month, as reported by The New York Post.
Body camera footage released by the Mesquite Police Department shows Officer Tyler Ingram rushing toward a vehicle engulfed in flames shortly after midnight on September 30. The driver, later identified as a suspected drunk driver, could be heard screaming for help as the fire rapidly spread.
Ingram described the incident as feeling “like a movie.” The video captures him sprinting toward the car as thick smoke and flames consumed the front of the vehicle. When he reached the driver’s side door, it was jammed.
“I tried to pull her up. It took me a minute to find the door handle. It was bent so I just bent it open a little bit more and was able to pull her out,” Ingram told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.
The driver, a woman whose name has not been released, cried out that she was “just in pain” as Ingram worked to open the damaged door. After forcing it open, he grabbed her by the arms and pulled her to safety with help from another responding officer.
Once the woman was clear of the vehicle, Ingram applied a tourniquet to her injured leg as the car became fully engulfed in flames.
“As I got closer, I could hear a female screaming inside,” Ingram said. “When I was at the driver’s door, the flames were starting to crawl from the front to the passenger compartment.”
The Mesquite Police Department confirmed that the woman is expected to make a full recovery but was charged with driving while intoxicated.
“Drinking and driving do not mix. One decision can lead to tragedy in seconds,” the department said in a public statement. “We’re thankful no one else was hurt in this crash, and we urge everyone to make the right choice: plan a ride, call a friend, or use a rideshare.”
Ingram was monitoring traffic when he heard the crash from the opposite side of the highway and immediately drove across to assist. His quick response is being credited with preventing the incident from becoming fatal.
“We answer a lot of action-packed calls here, but this was more like a movie scene,” Ingram said.
Authorities have not disclosed the driver’s blood-alcohol content but confirmed that the case remains under investigation.
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