:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(749x0:751x2)/Body-camera-video-Columbus-crash-I-71-111924-a81235df959a4b50981468774076b39c.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,0&ssl=1 "‘Tell my wife I love her,’ husband told 911 in burning truck before rescue")
Police have shared bodycam footage showing the dramatic rescue of a man after a serious crash involving a pickup truck on an Ohio highway.
According to the Columbus Police DepartmentThe gray Dodge Ram pickup truck was traveling south on Interstate 71 when it approached the Interstate 270 interchange around 4:41 a.m. local time on Wednesday, November 13.
The vehicle then left the sidewalk on the west side of Interstate 71 and struck a concrete support pillar of the Interstate 270 overpass. The vehicle sustained severe damage and caught fire,” the police report said.
“The victim suffered life-threatening injuries as a result of the incident but is in stable condition. He is expected to survive his injuries,” authorities told PEOPLE in a statement on Tuesday, November 19.
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Columbus police later shared bodycam footage of the incident, which showed officers running toward the burning truck with the passenger side significantly dented and the driver’s door stuck. CBS affiliate WBNS reported.
“I’m not leaving him there,” a police officer was heard saying on the footage about the driver.
The officer walked to the left side of the truck and opened the rear passenger door, calling for the driver to grab her hand, the video showed. The officer was eventually able to pull the driver out when another officer and a bystander arrived to help, WBNS added.
ABC affiliate WSYX shared a 911 call from the driver, who identified himself as Randy. In the audio, he told the dispatcher that his truck struck a highway pillar.
“I got up on I-270 and I can’t slow it down,” the man told dispatch.
As the truck burst into flames, the man said, “It’s getting real hot in here. I can’t get out. My ankle is broken.”
Concerned that he might not survive his ordeal, the driver relayed a message to his wife: “Tell my wife I love her.”
The officer who removed the driver from the truck was identified as Officer Gloria West, WSYX reported. She was treated for minor burns and is expected to be OK.
Columbus police said in their report that an accident investigation unit responded to the scene and an investigation is underway.