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Good Samaritan Risks His Life To Rescue Motorcyclist After Fiery Crash In Riverside

"At that point, I'm like 'God wants you to live, let me go get you,'" he said. "[God's] gonna make sure I'm okay if I go out and get you."

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July 29, 2022

David Pride watched in horror as a motorcyclist hit an overturned car shrouded by the darkness on the 91 Freeway in Riverside.

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"He was right there, laid straight out in the middle of the floor," Pride said after the crash. "I barely missed him."

After slamming into the car, Pride said the motorcyclist flew through the air and landed right in the middle of oncoming traffic as car after car narrowly avoided running him over. When another car crashed and exploded into flames, Pride knew that he had to do something to save the injured motorcyclist.

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