Crime & Safety
Man Rescues Car Crash Victim, Then Police Take His Car: Report
A Maryland man told a local TV station that D.C. police took his car without explanation after he helped pull someone from a crashed car.
WASHINGTON, DC -- A Maryland man is now without a vehicle after he rescued a car crash victim and then had his car confiscated by police without explanation shortly after departing, according to a report.
Fox 5 reports that Benjamin Davis was driving on Suitland Parkway shortly before midnight on Sunday when he saw a car veer off the road and crash into a tree, prompting him to get out of his car to help.
He saw a man hanging out of the passenger window of the crushed vehicle, and he helped pull him out. The driver died in the crash.
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Davis remained to tell responding police what he saw, and after being told to he was free to go, he left -- and then was stopped a block away by officers who confiscated his car without explanation.
You can read the full story at Fox 5.
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