New Jersey police officers were caught on camera pulling people out of the fiery wreckage of a highway car crash.
The Camden County Police Department recognized officers Vaughn Edwards, Joseph Mair, Brian McCline and Vincent Russomanno for their life-saving efforts after responding to the scene of a two-car crash on April 7 at about 2.30am.
Mair was on patrol less than a handful of streets away from the I-676 in Camden, New Jersey, when he heard a car crash and saw flames coming from the highway.
Four Camden County Police officers were recognized Friday for their heroics in pulling four men out of burning cars that caught fire after a highway crash on April 7 at about 2.30am
The police officers worked with a Delaware River Port Authority officer and civilians to break open the cars' windows and pry open doors to pull the men to safety
Delaware River Port Authority Police Department Officer Franklin Flash braving the flames while rescuing one of the men trapped inside the burning cars
This bodycam still shows one of the victims awaiting rescue inside one of the burning car
He then reported the incident and drove to where the crash occurred, where he came upon two side-by-side cars that had collided with each other. The cars, each with two adult males inside, were heavily damaged and on fire.
Edwards, McCline and Russomanno then arrived on the scene, and — working with Delaware River Port Authority Police Department Officer Franklin Flash and bystanders — the four Camden police officers quickly set about to rescuing men from the crash.
In a bodycam video released by police, an officer can be seen running straight towards the burning cars as the people at the scene work together to pull out the two men from their cars amidst shouts of 'give me your hand!'
Authorities said that one car's windows had to
