Dramatic body cam video shows brave cops rescuing a trapped driver

Dramatic body cam video shows brave cops rescuing a trapped driver just in time as flames engulfed his car

  • WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT
  • Five police officers risked their lives to pull the man from the flaming  vehicle
  • Driver Jonathan Morales-Fuentes had crashed into a tree and become trapped
  • Mr Morales-Fuentes suffered fractured ankle, broken leg, nose, eye socket

This is the terrifying moment five cops risk their lives to pull a man out of a burning car after he got his leg trapped.

Dramatic footage, shot on a body camera, shows police officers using a metal pole to free driver Jonathan Morales-Fuentes’ leg and foot as flames leap onto the vehicle’s roof.

He had crashed into a tree in Harris County, Texas, while driving home from a night shift. Mr Morales-Fuentes suffered a fractured ankle, broken leg, nose, eye socket and a torn shoulder in the crash.

Horrifying footage showed five police officers trying to rescue the man from a burning car in Harris County, Texas, after his leg became trapped

Driver Jonathan Morales-Fuentes had crashed into a tree, pictured, while heading home from a night shift at work

Driver Jonathan Morales-Fuentes had crashed into a tree, pictured, while heading home from a night shift at work

Footage shows officers racing towards the car, slammed hard against a tree, as smoke billows from its body and flames leap from its roof.

At least two officers then grab the man while a third uses a metal pole in a desperate attempt to free him from the scorching wreckage. 

Suddenly the man’s leg comes free, and he is dragged away from the flaming  vehicle to the roadside.

Rescuer Sergeant Lance Anderson told KHOU 11 that during the desperate seconds before they freed him his foot had refused to move.

Driver Mr Morales-Fuentes was rushed to hospital, and said he got saved ‘just at the right time’.

‘I barely made it out alive, I’m just thankful. They saved my life,’ he said.

The video was published on Harris County Constable Precinct 5’s social media page.

His leg had become trapped in the burning wreckage due to the crash. Officers risked their lives to pull him out, pictured

His leg had become trapped in the burning wreckage due to the crash. Officers risked their lives to pull him out, pictured

Mr Morales-Fuentes said he barely made it out of the burning wreckage, pictured, with his life and thanked the officers

Mr Morales-Fuentes said he barely made it out of the burning wreckage, pictured, with his life and thanked the officers

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