VIDEO: Suffolk Police Bodycam Shows Officers Saving Man From Burning Vehicle In Holtsville Last November

YAPHANK, NY — It's a fame that Kervens Lesperance never wanted, but he now gratefully accepts.

Lesperance, 19, of Patchogue, was saved by five hero Suffolk police officers from a vehicle that burst into flames after a crash in Holtsville last November.

Lesperance was involved a two-vehicle crash on southbound Nicolls Road, and his Jeep Cherokee struck an overpass, and then flipped over, police said.

His vehicle quickly caught fire, Commissioner Kevin Catalina said at a special ceremony marking the heroic save at police headquarters in Yaphank on Wednesday.

Highway Patrol Officers Craig Capobianco, Robert Rosciano, K-9 handlers, officers Michael Renna and Robert Stroehlein, as well as 6th Precinct Officer Joseph Nofi, worked together, battling the blaze while getting Lesperance, who was unconscious and pinned inside, outside to safety.

"You don't think you just act..." Catalina said. "If they had stopped to think about it, rather than jumping into action, I don't know if Kervens would be here today."

Highway Patrol Officers Craig Capobianco, Robert Rosciano, K-9 handlers, officers Michael Renna and Robert Stroehlein, as well as 6th Precinct Officer Joseph Nofi, worked together, battling the blaze while getting Lesperance, who was unconscious and pinned inside, outside to safety.

"If they had stopped to think about it, rather than jumping into action, I don't know if Kervans would be here today," Catalina said.

At around 11:20 p.m. on Nov. 24, Officer Capabianco responded to the crash, running toward the burning vehicle, and two good Samaritans were already trying to pull Lesperance from the wreckage, but were unable to free him.

Capabianco took over the rescue efforts, grabbing Leverance by the torso and trying to pull him out, however, his pelvic area was pinned beneath the steering column.

Renner then used a fire extinguisher to suppress the growing flames in the engine compartment – buying precious seconds with conditions rapidly deteriorating. Stoehlein joined Capianco, who was able to reach underneath Lesperance’s legs to free him because of the uneven debris-covered pavement.

Once Lesperance was freed, he and Capabianco fell backwards and became pinned, dangerously close to the burning vehicle.

Nofi, Renna, and Strohlein quickly pulled both men away from the vehicle, and helped pu out the remaining flames and then rendered emergency aid before an ambulance arrived.

Bodycam video of the incident shows the officers skillfully working in tandem to bring down the flames and then remove Lesperance from the blaze just in the nick of time.

County Executive Ed Romaine thanked the officers.

“While they wear the uniform of a police officer, they wear more than that,” he said. “They wear the uniform of a hero. You never know when you're a police officer and you get in your car or you go on your beat, what that day is going to bring. Most days, it's okay, but there are days like this where you are called to act within seconds of an emergency. And all these officers met that test.”

Lesperance would not be alive, but for the officers, Romaine said, before quipping that he had to say some words as-is “the price of fame.”

“It’s not the type of fame I would like,” Lesperance said. “I just want to say, you guys down here, thank you for saving me.”

One of the officers chimed in that he was “happy” to save Lesperance.

Lesperance, who was seeing the video for the first time, along with members of the media, called it “crazy.”

He cannot remember anything from the day of the crash, and could barely believe seeing himself unconscious.

“I'm really glad that I was like, they saved me, and I'm just really glad that there's officers that would really go out and do their very best for people like me,” he said.

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