{"id":180119,"date":"2026-03-06T01:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180119\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T01:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:23:10","slug":"video-shows-deputies-rescue-driver-after-fiery-crash-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/180119\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows deputies rescue driver after fiery crash in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM<\/p>\n<p>Deputy&#8217;s video shows rescue after fiery crash in Florida <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 St. Johns County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies were afraid that a car was going to explode, but that didn\u2019t stop them from rescuing a driver. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sgt. John Floyd, a 14-year SJSO veteran, was among the deputies who responded to a multi-vehicle crash shortly after 3 a.m. on Sunday along Interstate 95. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A driver was ejected. Flames engulfed a car near the International Golf Parkway. The department released the video on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cI saw that I had an access point where I could have gone into the woods and grabbed him, so that\u2019s when I made the decision to just run in and grab him,\u201d Floyd <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/st-johns-deputy-speaks-heroic-car-fire-rescue\/77-74a20e30-b4ff-4975-a123-048071c9f83f\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.firstcoastnews.com\/article\/news\/local\/st-johns-deputy-speaks-heroic-car-fire-rescue\/77-74a20e30-b4ff-4975-a123-048071c9f83f\">told First Coast News<\/a>. \u201cHe was yelling for us to help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The driver survived and was recovering from his injuries, as Florida Highway Patrol troopers investigated the cause of the crash, according to deputies. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"> Related social media post<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jenise Fernandez\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/e6dda417-4f89-4401-aa43-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jenise Fernandez<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jenise Fernandez is a six-time Emmy award winning anchor and reporter at Local 10 News. Currently, she anchors the 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. news, Monday through Friday. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM Deputy&#8217;s video shows rescue after fiery crash in Florida ST. 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