A heroic FedEx driver delivered a split-second rescue to a driver whose car had crashed and burst into flames in Southern California — pulling the motorist to safety seconds before it exploded.
Dramatic video captured the moment Jonathan Rohrbach jumped in to save the 28-year-old man after his Toyota Camry slammed into a guardrail and caught fire on I-15 about 3 a.m. Wednesday, KGTV reported.
The victim had managed to extricate himself from the vehicle, but the FedEx worker stopped and dragged him away right before a series of explosions turned the wreck into a fireball.
“As soon as I saw the car, it was still actively on fire. You gotta stop to see if you can do anything at all,” Rohrbach told the outlet.
Another motorist used a fire extinguisher on the wreck before firefighters arrived.
The unidentified San Diego man was rushed to a hospital with major injuries that were not considered life-threatening, the California High Patrol said, adding that the cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Drugs and alcohol were not a factor in the fiery accident, officials said.
“The first thing that runs through your head is … there might be someone inside and I need to get them out,” Rohrbach told WGTV.
“I was trying to see if there was anybody else in the car … using the flashlight on my phone,” he said while watching the chilling video.
Rohrbach, who was en route from Riverside to Otay Mesa, said he won’t call himself a hero — just someone doing the right thing.
“If I was hurt or, you know, my family was hurt or anybody, you know, if it looks like there’s some way that you might need to help somebody, why not stop and help them?” he said.
