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Pasco County Deputy Anthony Petersen and two residents rescued a man from a burning vehicle on Saturday around 4:19 a.m. The driver had been traveling westbound on SR 52 near Kent Grove Dr. when the driver traveled backward suddenly towards a tree, according to Deputy Petersen. Petersen along with two residents assisted in dragging the incoherent and combative driver of the vehicle to safety soon after the crash occurred. A body cam attached to Deputy Peterson captured the whole incident. He is seen in the video running towards the car to assist the driver in the burning vehicle. Corporal Peterson arrived at the scene of the crash as the closest respondent to the call on the crash. “There were about 15 to 20-foot flames coming out the hood of the car when I responded to call,” Corporal Peterson said at the press conference held Monday afternoon. The two residents ran over to assist the deputy following the crash. The deputy and residents were able to get one of the rear doors of the vehicle open and pull the male driver out of the car.
“At that moment, it’s kind of instinctual and training, it’s not something that you’re thinking about, you just try to focus on your training,” Petersen said. The two residents are being deemed as heroes as well for stopping to assist the driver and deputy. The first resident has been identified as 26-year-old Crystian Martinez. Martinez is an EMT and he stopped and responded to the car when he saw movement and fire rising from the car. “To me, I’m a single parent, so that’s all I could think about, is in case this driver might be a single driver. Whether he was a parent or not, we were going to get him out of that vehicle alive. I’ve had a difficult time getting hired lately, so I took this as a sign that this is what I need to be doing, this is what I love to do,” Martinez added.
The second person has been identified as Randy Breighner, who was heading home from work. He pulled off to assist Martinez who was already trying to help the driver. “I just ran in and helped the two guys out. I couldn’t take a chance of this guy burning to death and letting the two other guys get hurt. I was just grateful the guy was still alive and that the car didn’t explode,” Breighner said. The fire department arrived at the scene of the crash shortly after the three men were able to pull the driver out of the vehicle. The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that alcohol was a factor in the crash. The driver had minor reported injuries.
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I wanna feel this chilled lmao 😂
Is it just me…I feel like the trunk should always be checked for some sort of hostage…
Ok quit… plz stop…. Stop saving my life lol.
Why was he only wearing underwear?
why didn't they open the door in the first place!
Cop: "Get out buddy"
Guy: "OK, ok, I will, I WILL!"… just let me get a few extra winks in here before I burn to death…THEN, I'll get out.🤦â€â™€ï¸
Is that badass lexus some kind of crackhouse in the us?
That dude would have burned to death saying, "Alright, quit. Quit!"
lol at the end he says "way to fucking start a shift"
Punk ass drunk driver
Alright I will I just wanna sleep in the warmth a little longer.. dude was either wasted or totally in shock and ready to lay down and die
0:50 COP: youre gonna fkin die, get out of the car man!!! GUY: oh, I'll live.. hahahaa, he knew he was gonna live after all
Drunk, High or POS …take your pick. Great job by those who saved his worthless a*s.
Lmao "way to fucken start a shift"
Wtf… Flames everywhere! was he carrying napalm in that car?
Lucky asshole
did he take off his clothes?
He'll get out maaaaan, he promises
Ungrateful drunk asshole
They surely gave him a nice road rash.on his.drunk ass
"The Florida Highway Patrol confirmed that alcohol was a factor in the crash." You don't say?
Last week they were probably at a BLM protest saying we what dead cops when do we want them ? We want them now 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤
He drunk?
Should’ve let that pos burn.
He was stoned as hell.
Drinking and driving is no good
This guy was asking to die he woulden't get out the car
damn that looks intense.
he definitely is a good cop
Wtf is wrong with this guy lol
Why is he naked?!
Bro why are the dragging the guy he was in a rec
Moron should of opened the door to start with lol
Thank you cops/guys for saving people who make the mistake of getting so fucked up they can't even process that they're in a burning car. You guys are the ones that make the difference.
nobody noticed the "black hand" tattoo on his chest? thats a mexican mafia tattoo
From the looks of it, I'd assume the door was jammed the way the guy was hanging out of the window.
Saved him so he can drink, drive and murder innocent people with his car later.
I Would've Let His Ass Roast . . Sorry, I Don't Care About a Damn for Individuals That Do Not Care About Their Lives Enough. This Man Had The Capacity to Walk Out of That Vehicle, He Was Just Being a Lazy Bum . . It Disgusts Me In How Much Officers Have to Do to Earn Their Respect as Individuals That Do Desire to Serve & Protect.
"Ah wheel, please kweeit. Kweeiiiit please ah wheeeel."
So the best option for 6 guys to move somebody is to drag him on the ground and scrape his body up hmmm smart
Yeah let's keep alcohol legal that's a good choice……
This reminds me of the time my apartment building was on fire. I was on the fourth floor and the fire dept had to send a ladder truck because the stairs were burning. When the firemen smashed in my window to get me, I said,"Wait… wait… stop bothering me."