Two seriously injured in fiery Fresno County crash with power pole
A bystander pulled two seriously injured people from a burning Fresno County wreck after a crash into a power pole. Both were airlifted to hospitals.
A fiery Fresno County crash sent two people to hospitals after a bystander pulled them from the wreckage of a vehicle that hit a power pole and caught fire. Both suffered serious injuries and were airlifted for treatment.
The California Highway Patrol said the crash happened Tuesday night in Fresno County. Local coverage described the scene as a fire-related wreck involving a power pole, with a bystander getting the victims out of the burning vehicle before they were flown to local hospitals.
The crash adds to a troubling run of Fresno County wrecks in which vehicles have struck poles or burned after severe impacts. In rural and semi-rural stretches of the county, those crashes can turn quickly from a traffic collision into a rescue and recovery operation, especially when fire traps people inside a vehicle.
In this case, the immediate danger was not only the impact itself but the combination of flames, entrapment and serious injury. The quick action by the bystander gave both victims a chance to survive the crash long enough to reach hospital care, while investigators continued to sort out the cause of the wreck.
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