'We might have to break your leg': Police rescue man from burning car

'We might have to break your leg': Police rescue man from burning car

A group of police officers risked their lives as they pulled a man from a burning car in Texas, USA.

Man rescued from burning car
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A twenty-year-old man crashed his car into a tree in Houston, Texas, after falling asleep at the wheel.

Bodycam footage of the incident shows the police racing against time to save Jonathan Morales-Fuentes from burning to death after he got trapped in the wreckage. 

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According to reports, a sergeant was on his way home when he spotted the vehicle on fire. Speaking on the incident, Seargent Lance Andreson had this to say:

"I never took that road to go home before. I was going back to leave a report at the office," explained Sgt. Lance Anderson, "There were so many coincidences that morning."

He believes he was meant to save a life that day.

On the video, the police could be heard telling the man that they might have to break his leg in order to free him from the burning car. 

After the intense struggle, an officer explained that the man's pants were stuck, so he cut his pants and that's what freed him.

Jonathan Morales-Fuentes has since had several surgeries and is home recovering.

Watch the dramatic rescue below. 

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