OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – A brave and quick-thinking police officer rescued an unresponsive man and dog from a burning car in Northern California Tuesday night.
At around 11 p.m., Piedmont police heard a call for a car accident on Park Boulevard and Estates Drive in Oakland.
The car was completely on fire and the driver was trapped in the car.
Officer Jason Germano responded to the scene and located the unresponsive driver and his dog in the car.
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The officers tried to put out the fire, but to no avail. So he ran to the fire and the open car door.
“I said, ‘Hey man, the car is on fire, you have to get out,'” recalls Germano. “He was just kind of confused and disoriented.”
Germano’s body camera captured the moment he and another officer pulled the man out of the car before rescuing his dog as well.
“My first instinct was to get him out,” said Germano.
The crime scene has been turned over to Oakland Police for further investigation.
Officials believe alcohol abuse could be a suspect factor in the clash.
No other vehicles were involved.
