Watch Kentucky Tourist Rush In & Pull Driver Out Of Burning Car In WILD Vegas Video!
03.02.2023 - 23:29
/ perezhilton.com
A tourist is being hailed as a hero for stepping in to save a man from a car that was going up in flames after a horrible traffic accident in Las Vegas.
Justin Mouser and his wife were visiting Sin City from Kentucky late last week when they were walking along the Las Vegas Strip. While taking in the sights on Friday afternoon, they watched in horror as a white BMW careened down the busy street and ran right into a palm tree in the road’s center divide.
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Justin and others called in the accident and told first responders what happened. But while waiting for the police to show up, the tourist noticed something was very, very wrong. In an interview given this week from his home in Kentucky, Mouser told KVVU that he realized no one got out of the car following the crash:
At that point, the engine was starting to smoke. Mouser became alarmed as the smoke billowed out even more strongly. He realized he couldn’t wait for cops to show up — it was time to take action.
As Mouser ran towards the accident, he recalled how other people across the busy street were calling out that the underside of the car was on fire:
Video from a traffic camera at the scene shows Mouser running towards the car and trying to force open the doors. As he starts to try to rescue the man, a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department officer shows up to help.
The officer — who was later identified by LVMPD officials as Derek Stebbins — immediately took charge of the scene. Mouser reported to KVVU that Stebbins asked all civilians to step back to safety and get out of harm’s way. But, the Kentucky barber joked, he didn’t listen:
Together, Stebbins and Mouser were able to open