Crime & Safety
Good Samaritan Rescues 3 From Car Fire In Northern California
Elk Grove police said the man saved their lives.
ELK GROVE, CA -- An unidentified Good Samaritan was praised Monday morning for saving three people from a raging car fire in Elk Grove. The incident happened early Sunday morning on eastbound Laguna Boulevard between Haussman Drive and Babson Drive.
Police said the incident was a single-vehicle collision that resulted in the car catching fire.
"A Good Samaritan who heard the crash got all 3 occupants of the vehicle out while the vehicle was on fire," police wrote on Facebook.
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All three victims were transported to a nearby hospital where one suffered from life-threatening injuries.
No other information was immediately available.
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--Photos courtesy of Elk Grove Police
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