State Trooper rescues elderly driver from burning vehicle

On November 1, Maryland State Police reported that one of their own is being credited with saving the life of a man and rescuing him moments before his vehicle burst into flames on Wednesday afternoon In Bowie, Maryland.

Shortly after 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Trooper Warren Thompson, who is assigned to the Forestville Barrack, was on patrol when he came across an SUV that had crashed on Maryland Route 214 and Church Road in Bowie. According to a preliminary investigation, the victim, a 66-year-old man, suffered a medical emergency when he hit a guardrail that subsequently caused the vehicle’s engine to catch fire.

Trooper Thompson was able to remove the victim from the vehicle just before it erupted into flames.

Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department responded to the scene to extinguish the fire and transported the victim to University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital Center for treatment of his injuries.

The incident remains under investigation.

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(Source: Maryland State Police)

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