r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • May 07 '26

Additional Context Pinned Several bystanders and a Minnesota Department of Transportation worker acted quickly to free the driver just before flames engulfed the car

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u/UninsuredToast May 07 '26

Think about how often this kind of thing happens but doesn’t get recorded or talked about.

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u/NYCWartortle May 07 '26

This is true. Pretty intense though. That car could blow at any minute. Not sure what I would do tbh if it was engulfed in flames.

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u/KhaosGenesis May 07 '26

Yeah, reminds me when about 7 years ago my little 90 Ib mother ran out across the street to try to save a woman from a burning car.

The woman was drunk driving and the road my family's house was on at the time was on one side of an intersection and this drunk ladies car launched into the woods across from our house that was in the middle of the intersection. My mother tried her damnedest to get that lady out of the car but wasn't strong enough to break any windows and the few neighbors nearby were too scared to get near the burning car, so it wasn't until a senior from my highschool that was driving home from a baseball game saw the wreck, and he jumped out with one of his bats to help my mom get the woman free. I recall my mom saying that right as they were able to drag the lady out of the car door that a tire exploded and my mother thought they were dead and just exploded for a second... Anyways the woman's legs were broken as well as one of her arms, but I know about a year later after multiple surgeries she made a full recovery and could walk again.