Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Cody Durham acted quickly to rescue a driver who was trapped inside a burning vehicle after a serious collision on the Dallas Tollway near Spring Creek Parkway on Jan. 9, according to a media release.
Just after 2:20 a.m., as Trooper Durham was traveling south on routine patrol, he observed a crashed vehicle emitting smoke in the northbound lanes. The vehicle was engulfed in flames with the driver still trapped inside.
Trooper Durham immediately opened the back passenger door, entered the smoke-filled vehicle and began to pull the driver out until he was able to remove him from the vehicle and pull him safely away from the fire…