Last Updated on January 19, 2023 by C-CAR
SAN BERNARDINO >> A sheriff’s sergeant helped save a man’s life when the driver became trapped inside his burning car after a crash early Tuesday morning.
San Bernardino County sheriff’s central station Sgt. Fred Parrish was on his way to a call in Devore around 3 a.m. when he spotted a crash on the northbound 215 Freeway near Kendall Avenue, according to a statement.
It appeared a passenger car had collided with a dirt hauler causing a fire to ignite in the car’s engine compartment, officials said.
The driver, and sole occupant of the passenger car was pinned under the dashboard and was drifting in and out of consciousness, according to a sheriff’s statement.
Parrish used his patrol car’s fire extinguisher to put the fire out. He also created an airway into the cab allowing the victim fresh air, officials said.
Fire personnel had to use the jaws of life to pull the man from the wreckage. The man was taken to a hospital but his condition is unknown.
The crash is under investigation.
