{"id":178113,"date":"2026-03-04T18:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178113\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:20:07","slug":"florida-deputies-pull-injured-driver-from-burning-car-after-i-95-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/178113\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida deputies pull injured driver from burning car after I-95 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> deputies are being credited with saving a man\u2019s life after pulling him away from a burning vehicle following a multi-car crash on Interstate 95<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, the crash happened on March 1. When deputies arrived at the scene, they found one of the vehicles fully engulfed in flames. The driver of that car had been ejected during the collision and was lying dangerously close to the burning wreckage, unable to move.<\/p>\n

Deputies immediately climbed through thick brush along the roadside to reach the injured man. Bodycam<\/a> video captures the moment deputies jump in to rescue the man.<\/p>\n

On March 1, 2026, St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies pulled an injured driver away from a burning car along I\u201195 in St. Johns County after a multi\u2011vehicle crash left him ejected and unable to move, prompting the rescue to prevent him from being overcome by the flames. (SJCSO)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

“I don’t want that thing to f****** explode,” the deputy can be heard saying as he drags the man by the foot.<\/p>\n

See also: K-9 Hoot leads Florida police to missing autistic boy in woods<\/a><\/p>\n

SJCSO said its deputies pulled the injured driver to safety, creating enough distance from the flames to protect him until medical help arrived.<\/p>\n

St. Johns County Fire Rescue <\/a>responded to provide emergency medical care, and the Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of the crash, according to the news release. <\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s office officials said the deputies\u2019 quick actions prevented a potentially fatal situation as flames continued to spread through the wrecked vehicle. No additional details regarding the man\u2019s condition have been released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies are being credited with saving a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-178113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}