A New Jersey police officer is being hailed as a hero after he risked his life by pulling an unconscious driver from a fiery wreck on Wednesday.
New Jersey police officer Noah Allat was captured in a gripping bodycam video as he bravely reached into the driver’s seat of a car to rescue the driver after it collided with a tanker truck and caught fire.
Upon arriving at the scene, Allat found a man with injuries, disoriented and clutching his knee. The injured individual informed Allat that another person was still inside the Hyundai Elantra when the accident occurred.
Bridgewater Police Department officer Noah Allat rescues the driver from the burning wreckage (bridgewater police department)
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.
According to a preliminary police report cited by Patch, the crash took place when Zachary J. Roslin, 33, was driving a 2007 Freightliner pulling a tanker trailer. Roslin had just exited a gas station and merged onto the highway when the collision occurred.
Peter J. Della-Ventura, 44, who was driving the Hyundai, was in the right lane when he collided with the truck.
Bridgewater Police Department officer Noah Allat pulls the driver to safety. (Bridgewater Police Department )
Once the vehicles came together, they fused, became engulfed in flames and 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.
