Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – An off duty Dallas police officer jumped into action last night to pull a woman from her vehicle just minutes before it caught fire.
It happened on along the eastbound RL Thornton Freeway near Jim Miller in Dallas around 11:30 last night. That’s where a woman’s truck had become disabled. As she sat in her vehicle talking to family for assistance, her truck was struck by two oncoming vehicles.
An off-duty Dallas police officer who was traveling westbound witnessed the collisions. He stopped to assist and managed to pull the woman from the truck before it caught fire. She was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. No one else was injured.
Dallas County Sheriff deputies are investigating.
Images from the scene were captured by WFAA photojournalist Mike Forbes.
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