Bodycam video footage has revealed the moment a brave New Jersey police officer dragged an unconscious man from the blazing wreckage of his car after a fiery crash.
Officer Noah Allat is being hailed as a hero after risking his life to rescue the driver from a fiery wreck on Wednesday.
Dramatic video shows the moment Allat rushed over the burning vehicle with hesitation.
Allat reaches into the driver’s seat of a sedan and manages to unfasten his safety belt.
He is then able to pull the driver out of the vehicle and drag him to safety.
The vehicle had burst into flames after it smashed into a tanker truck.
Seconds earlier, Allat had arrived on the scene and found a man injured on the road.
The man was dazed and holding his knee.
The confused but conscious injured person told Allat that there was someone else in the Hyundai Elantra at the time of the accident.
As Allat races toward the wreckage, he comes across the truck driver.
The trucker told him the tanker was empty but that there was a diesel kerosene mix in it the night before.
“Can I go up to it?” Allat asks before running toward the burning car.
He runs up to the passenger side door, which is open, only to find the driver on the other side, passed out.
Allat then runs to the driver’s side as the flames rage.
He opens the door, pulls the man out, and drags him to safety.
The hair-raising incident was all captured from Officer Allat’s perspective on his body camera.
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The gripping rescue took place on westbound Route 22 in Bridgewater at around 2 a.m.
In a post on Facebook, the Bridgewater Police Department commended Allat for his “incredible actions.”
“Officer Noah Allat … demonstrated the epitome of strength, resolve, and courage when he rescued an unconscious driver from his burning vehicle,” the police force wrote.
“Officer Allatt showed bravery, strength, and composure throughout the duration of the call.
“Officer Allatt’s swift actions saved the life of the driver. A job well done!”
Facebook commenters were quick to chime in and heap praise on the police officer’s heroism.
“Amazing footage! That officer is a hero!” wrote one commenter to the post.
“Hero for sure,” wrote another.
The collision occurred after Zachary J. Roslin, 33, who was driving a 2007 Freightliner towing a tanker trailer.
He left a gas station and merged onto the highway, Patch reported, citing a preliminary police report.
Peter J. Della-Ventura, 44, who was driving the Hyundai, was in the right lane when he collided with the truck.
Once the vehicles came together, they fused and became engulfed in flames.
The two vehicles then continued to travel forward for nearly 700 feet while stuck together and on fire, according to the police report.
Della-Ventura and his passenger were taken to a local hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, the outlet reported.
Fire units arrived on the scene and took around 45 minutes to extinguish the flames, with water supply being a concern, Path reported.
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