{"id":36839,"date":"2015-05-19T10:10:45","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=36839"},"modified":"2015-05-19T10:10:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T14:10:45","slug":"watch-hero-saves-three-people-from-fiery-car-wreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/watch-hero-saves-three-people-from-fiery-car-wreck\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Hero Saves Three People From Fiery Car Wreck"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An off-duty Army Captain is being called a hero after he rescued a couple from an explosive, fiery head-on crash on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The crash happened around 3 p.m. on O\u2019Kelly Chapel Road near Highway 751 in Chatham County, according to WNCN.<\/p>\n

The driver of a silver Chrysler SUV traveled left of center and collided head-on with a red Acura sedan.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, Army Captain Steve Voglezon, who was appropriately wearing a ‘Captain America’ T-shirt, happened to be passing the scene on his way to the mall with his girlfriend and ran to help.<\/p>\n

Incredible video taken by a witness and shared with WNCN shows the vehicles on fire as a police officer attempts to open the couple’s locked crumpled doors.
\nVoglezon then grabs a fire extinguisher and uses it to smash the windows of the couple’s vehicle before pulling out Mr Thompson and dragging him to the roadside.<\/p>\n

Voglezon used a fire extinguisher to break the windows of the sedan and rescue the couple inside. Eyewitness video shows Voglezon dragging the driver of the sedan to safety as firefighters arrived.<\/p>\n

All three people in the crash were taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

John Spurrell, who lives nearby, helped rescue Ricketts from his burning Chrysler before grabbing his cell phone to start recording the scene.<\/p>\n

He said speeding is a constant problem there and he’s asked officials to reconsider the 50 miles per hour speed limit.<\/p>\n

“These kinds of excessive speeds on these little country roads result in that kind of catastrophe. People need to slow down,” Spurrell said.<\/p>\n

Spurrell credits Capt. Voglezon with saving lives, but the man others are calling a hero said he was just doing his job.<\/p>\n

“We have a calling to do whatever we we’re called to do,” Capt. Voglezon said. “Today I was called to be there at that spot at that time.”<\/p>\n