Five men have been hailed as heroes by the Ontario Provincial Police after they rescued a man from a burning vehicle on a Mississauga highway earlier this week.
On Monday, OPP responded to reports of a vehicle on fire on the westbound QEW in Cawthra.
Video of the incident tweeted by the OPP on Wednesday evening shows a vehicle appearing to swerve as smoke is seen billowing from it.
Eventually, the car crashed into a ditch and the fire started to spread.
Five men who saw the accident stopped and rushed to help the driver escape from the burning vehicle.
A 36-year-old Toronto man who experienced a medical episode is alive thanks to the heroic efforts of five men who risked their lives when the vehicle caught fire with the driver still inside. They opened the driver’s door to rescue the driver. You are my hero. 4 Jul ’22 pic.twitter.com/bwE43tMhn1
— OPP Highway Safety Division (@OPP_HSD) July 7, 2022
In the video, the men are heard shouting “dude, get out of here”.
A man is seen using a hammer to break the driver’s side window to free the driver.
The men were eventually able to open the door and pull the 36-year-old driver out of the vehicle to safety.
Moments later, the vehicle appears to burst into flames.
The OPP thanked the men for their heroic efforts to save the driver.
“A 36-year-old Toronto man who experienced a medical episode is alive thanks to the heroic efforts of five men who risked their lives when the vehicle caught fire with the driver still inside. They opened the driver’s door to rescue the driver,” the OPP tweeted.
The driver was not injured.
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