Crime & Safety

Video Shows Bystanders Rescue Driver From Burning SUV On I-35W In Roseville

Video shows people working to free the driver as heavy smoke and flames poured out of the SUV's front end.

(CBS Minnesota)

September 10, 2024

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — A trooper and some good Samaritans helped pull a motorist from a burning vehicle Monday morning on a busy Twin Cities interstate, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

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Traffic cameras showed an SUV had driven off Interstate 35W in Roseville and hit a light pole near County Road C just after 9:20 a.m.

Video shows people working to free the driver as heavy smoke and flames poured out of the SUV's front end.

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The victim, a 22-year-old Minneapolis man, is expected to survive, the state patrol says. Hennepin Healthcare says he is in critical condition as of Monday evening/CBS Minnesota

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