A member of the public has been hailed a hero for helping rescue a woman from a fiery crash on a Wellington motorway. A witness who saw the rescue says a stranger risked his own safety to help the female motorist who suffered fatal injuries in yesterday's crash. "I witnessed a policeman and another person, and the guy was carrying a woman," he said. The video footage shows the stranger and the officer carrying the woman to safety as flames engulf her vehicle, which had crashed into a pole. He said the woman was carried from the burning car by a policeman and a member of the public, who he imagined would be traumatised by the experience.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 24, 2021 00:00 UTC