Video: Police Dash Cam Captures Daring Fiery Rescue After Wrong-Way Driver Causes Wreck
CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM) -- A New Year's Day rescue in Corpus Christi was caught on camera. Police released dash cam video as a number of officers-- and other people joined the effort to lift up a van that had flipped.
A vehicle going the wrong way on the road hit the van.
A 70-year-old man in the van was eventually rescued by as many as eight officers and onlookers.
According to KRIS-TV Corpus Christi Police said that alcohol was likely a factor in the crash that killed the wrong-way driver.
Three other passengers were reportedly in the van and were expected to recover.