Elderly woman pulled from burning vehicle by heroic Michigan police officer

The Independent

Harrowing dash cam video showed the dramatic moments of a pickup truck ablaze and the driver disoriented inside.

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00:00 I arrived on scene. I was first officer.

00:02 I observed that the vehicle was on fire

00:04 when Fraser officer Cameron Reaper

00:05 pulled up to this scene off of Hayes

00:08 just South of 15 last Saturday night.

00:10 He knew immediately what to do.

00:11 Pull the driver out.

00:12 There was flames in like the bed

00:14 area of the truck and then the

00:16 engine compartment was just

00:18 starting to catch on fire.

00:19 He says the driver was disoriented

00:21 and kept grabbing the steering wheel,

00:23 but he never stopped trying to get her out.

00:25 She appeared confused,

00:26 wasn't really answering any questions.

00:27 She was still inside the vehicle,

00:29 so I opened the door,

00:30 took her safety belt off and

00:32 tried to get her out of the car.

00:34 Reaper was once a firefighter,

00:35 so his instincts kicked in.

00:37 Her safety became his top priority.

00:38 She was an elderly female.

00:40 It's really unknown if she had a

00:42 medical issue or if that would exactly

00:44 happen for the original crash.

00:46 Officer Reaper tells us that the

00:47 woman is currently recovering in

00:49 the hospital from non life threatening

00:51 injuries, but he offered up tips

00:53 on what to do when you see these

00:55 kinds of situations. Do your best

00:57 to try to assist the driver.

00:59 You know whether yelling to them

01:01 to get out of the car,

01:02 informing our dispatch exactly

01:03 what's going on just for we have

01:05 accurate information when we get

01:07 on scene and we kind of know what

01:09 we're walking into. Reaper says

01:10 he's no hero, but he's grateful

01:12 he was able to help her.

01:13 I'm glad she's OK.

01:14 Glad that she didn't get hurt or

01:16 injured too bad and that she's

01:18 living in Frazier. Lauren Edwards.

01:19 Fox 2 news.

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