Crime & Safety

Bystanders Save Woman From Burning Car

The driver had collided with a box truck, and her car was fully engulfed in flames.

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Bystanders saved the driver of this car that burst into flames after colliding with a box truck in Plainview. (ImmsterFirePhotos.com)
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Plainview fire fighters work to extinguish the flames of the car that was on fire. (ImmsterFirePhotos.com)
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Plainview fire fighters work to extinguish the flames of the car that was on fire. (ImmsterFirePhotos.com)

PLAINVIEW, NY — Bystanders rescued a woman after her car fully burst into flames Wednesday morning in Plainview, officials said.

A woman was driving a Toyota Camry when she collided with a box truck at the intersection of Old Country Road and Pasadena Drive at 11:14 a.m. Bystanders managed to pull the driver out of her burning car in time. The woman was transported to Nassau County Medical Center with unknown injuries, and the truck driver was not injured.

Plainview fire fighters doused the flames, and Old Country Road was closed in both directions for over an hour.

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The aftermath of the car that caught fire in Plainview. (ImmsterFirePhotos.com)

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