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Compelling bodycam footage captures the intense moment a Florida deputy rescues a woman from a burning vehicle, just seconds before it is engulfed in flames.
The dramatic rescue unfolded after a carjacking incident on Sunday night in which a suspect forcibly took a woman’s car, fleeing with her one-year-old child still inside, as reported by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities located the stolen vehicle a short distance from the initial crime scene. However, when deputies attempted to stop the suspect, he collided with another car, resulting in a fiery crash, according to officials.
Deputy Almin Residovic rushed to the scene, urgently requesting a tool to break the window of the impacted car.
A deputy heroically saved a woman from a burning car in Jacksonville, Florida. (Courtesy of Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office via X)
After pulling the car door open, he found a woman inside with her hair on fire.
“Oh, there’s a person bro!” Residovic is heard exclaiming in the footage.
The sheriff’s office said, “without hesitation,” Residovic pulled the woman from the burning vehicle, dragging her to safety and providing emergency medical aid until help arrived.
Video showed him repeatedly asking the woman if there was anybody else in the car. Authorities later confirmed a 14-year-old escaped the vehicle before law enforcement arrived.
Video showed the woman on the ground after being pulled from the flames in Jacksonville, Fla. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office via X)
“Please stay with me,” Residovic told the woman. “Stay with us. Come on. We need to get you away from the car. … Just hang out, you’re OK.”
Residovic turned to another first responder, saying, “Bro, I got to her just in time. Literally, [at] the last second, I got to her.”
Video showed the car bursting into flames seconds after the dramatic save. (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office via X)
Another deputy safely removed the 1-year-old from the stolen vehicle unharmed, according to authorities.
The carjacking suspect, Richard Younger, 34, was arrested at the crash site and was charged with multiple felonies.
“We are incredibly proud of Officer Residovic’s courage and the swift, coordinated response of all the officers involved,” the sheriff’s office wrote in a statement. “After speaking with the woman on the phone this afternoon, she tells us she is incredibly grateful to be alive and for the quick actions taken by Officer Residovic.”
Authorities said the woman from the burning car, who has not been publicly identified, is continuing to recover.