Bodycam shows dramatic rescue from burning car in Washington | USA TODAY

The driver was not injured but was later arrested on suspicion of DUI and two counts of reckless endangerment. The video was given to us with the faces of the people involved blurred.

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A sheriff’s deputy in Washington state has been praised by his superiors after pulling an unconscious driver from an SUV that was engulfed in flames after it crashed into a parked vehicle in Kennewick on Monday, March 7.

The Benton County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) released body-worn camera footage showing Corporal JP Benitez rushing over and opening the driver’s door to reach him. Despite smoke obscuring his vision and flames leaping toward him, Benitez manages to grab the driver by the hood of his sweater and drags him out to safety.

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