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🌱 Patch AM: Harrowing Video Shows Officers Pull Person From Flaming Car On I-88: Police

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  • Oak Brook officers crawl under burning car to save trapped driver

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• Harrowing Video Shows Officers Pull Person From Flaming Car On I-88: Police (patch.com) — Oak Brook police officers pulled a trapped driver from a flaming, overturned car on I-88 early Sunday after spotting the speeding vehicle with its lights off near Route 83. The officers used fire extinguishers and crawled under the wreck to free the occupant, with both the driver and two officers treated for minor injuries before being released from the hospital.
   

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