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Watch: US police officer pulls man from burning car

Bodycam and dashcam footage shows a police officer rescue a man seconds before his car was engulfed in flames in Texas.

Newly released bodycam and dashcam footage shows a U.S. police officer in Texas pulling a man from a burning car, mere seconds before the vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Corporal Joshua Swisher was conducting a traffic stop on a motorway when he was alerted to a nearby vehicle emitting smoke. He quickly directed the smoking car into the emergency lane. Shortly after, while the driver was still inside, flames erupted from underneath the vehicle. The incident, captured in the recently released footage, occurred on June 7.

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