A South Carolina deputy is being credited with saving a woman’s life after a serious crash left a vehicle overturned and partially on fire on Interstate 77 in Chester County.
According to WRDW/WAGT reporting and a WBTV body-camera video page, the rescue happened Saturday, May 23, on I-77 North near Old Richburg Road in Richburg, South Carolina.
Watch the body-camera video: WBTV published the body-camera footage from the I-77 rescue below.
Video source: WBTV / Chester County Sheriff’s Office body-camera video.
The report said Deputy Threatt was called to a serious single-vehicle crash. When he arrived, the vehicle was overturned and partially on fire.
According to the Chester County Sheriff’s Office account cited by WRDW, Threatt risked his own safety, used a knife to cut the driver’s seatbelt, and pulled the driver out safely.
“As I was getting ready to go in and get her, I kept thinking, ‘This car could blow up at any moment. This is where me and her meet God,’” Threatt said, according to WRDW.
The outlet reported that authorities later learned the victim was an out-of-state resident traveling to Charlotte after finishing radiation treatment for breast cancer.
WBTV’s video page describes the footage as body-camera video of the Chester County deputy saving the driver from the burning car. The featured image above uses a still from that body-camera footage as presented in WBTV’s report, with source attribution; readers can view the original video report at the source links below.
The story is a reminder of how fast an ordinary interstate response can become a life-or-death decision — and of the deputies, officers, firefighters, and medics who move toward danger before most people even know help is needed.
Sources
- WRDW/WAGT: S.C. deputy saves woman from burning vehicle on interstate
- WBTV: Bodycam video shows Chester County deputy save driver from burning car on I-77
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