Good Samaritans Rescue Woman From Burning Car On Taconic

YORKTOWN, NY — A Yorktown woman trapped in a burning vehicle was saved by good Samaritans Thursday on the Taconic State Parkway. State Police said Linda Gironda, 56, of Yorktown, was traveling south on the parkway when she struck a rock wall on the west shoulder of the Taconic near Exit 14, Baldwin Road, in the Town of Yorktown.

Her vehicle overturned and caught fire, trapping her inside, police said.

East Fishkill resident Brian Geary, 30, and another passerby, whose name is not known, stopped to help Gironda before first responders had arrived.

The vehicle was locked and Gironda was unconscious, and Geary used a baseball bat which he had in his car to smash the windshield.

Geary and the other person then pulled Gironda out of her car.

The Yorktown Fire Department arrived on the scene and put out the fire.

Gironda was taken to Westchester Medical Center by Yorktown EMS with serious injuries, police said.

State Police said it’s investigating the crash.

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