Woodbridge Officers Rescue Man From Burning Vehicle Crash

WOODBRIDGE, NJ - Three Woodbridge police officers were honored by the department in a Thursday statement after rescuing a man from a vehicle fire earlier this month, authorities said.

Shortly before midnight on Jan. 13, Woodbridge police officers Edward Parfitt, Randal Bisset and Zack Manente pulled the man, whose identity was not made public, from a burning vehicle following a crash in town, police said.

The crash, which left the man unconscious, rendered the victim unable to remove himself from the vehicle, Woodbridge police said.

It was not immediately clear exactly where or when the crash took place.

The rescue occurred not long after another Woodbridge officer, Orlando Faria, was able to rescue a young man experiencing a crisis on a township bridge earlier that day.

“Faria quickly located and built a rapport with the man … using his training and experience, Faria closed the gap between them and was able to grab the man before he could do harm to himself,” police said.