FORT PIERCE – The driver of a car that crashed into a tree at South 21st Street and Boston Avenue, Fort Pierce on Sept. 11 was rescued by bystanders just before the car became engulfed in flames, according to Fort Pierce Police reports.
At about 1:40 a.m., officers responded to that address to find a Ford Explorer on fire at a tree, according to police reports.
The unidentified driver was apparently driving north in the residential neighborhood, left the road, crossed an empty field and crashed into the tree, causing the car to catch on fire, according to police reports.
Bystanders got the driver out of the car before it became engulfed and St. Lucie County Fire Rescue extinguished the fire, according to police reports.
The driver was taken to HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital as a trauma alert in critical condition with multiple injuries. The crash remains under investigation.