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Video shows bystanders rescue driver from burning SUV on I-35W in Roseville

Bystanders pull driver from burning vehicle in Twin Cities
Bystanders pull driver from burning vehicle in Twin Cities 00:25

ROSEVILLE, Minn. — A trooper and some good Samaritans helped pull a motorist from a burning vehicle Monday morning on a busy Twin Cities interstate, according to the Minnesota State Patrol.

Traffic cameras showed an SUV had driven off Interstate 35W in Roseville and hit a light pole near County Road C just after 9:20 a.m.

Video shows people working to free the driver as heavy smoke and flames poured out of the SUV's front end.  

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The victim, a 22-year-old Minneapolis man, is expected to survive, the state patrol says. Hennepin Healthcare says he is in critical condition as of Monday evening.

The state patrol identified the good Samaritans as 59-year-old Terrance Louis Maynard, of Inver Grove Heights, and 43-year-old Joseph William Wold, of Lino Lakes.

The state patrol says it's still investigating.

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