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WATCH: Video Shows Cops Rescuing Allegedly Drunk Woman From Fiery North Jersey Crash

New Jersey woman was unconscious after vehicle flipped, police say.

An unconscious New Jersey woman was rescued by two police officers before her car burst into flames in Morris County, likely saving her life.

An nj.com dashboard camera video of the incident was released by Kinnelon police showing two officers cutting the woman’s seatbelt before pulling her from the overturned video just seconds before the car burst into flames.

The driver, Dawn Milosky, 45, of Beachwood, crashed the car on Kinnelon Road and was charged with driving while intoxicated, according to nj.com. Milosky was charged with failure to maintain lane of travel, failure to keep right, reckless driving, and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, the report said.

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Police received a report of an erratic driver traveling east from Boonton Township to Kinnelon, dailyrecord.com reported. Around the same time, police received another call saying a vehicle had run off the road and crashed, the report said.

Kinnelon police later extinguished the fire, nj.com reported. Milosky was taken to Morristown Medical Center by helicopter, the report said.

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