A passenger suffered a broken leg after a car crashed and caught fire in Lynn on Saturday, November 7. A man who came out of his home pulled all three people from the vehicle.
Marcia Acosta told WHDH that her daughter Breanne and two others were coming home from a party when the driver lost control. Breanne was in the back seat on the rainy night, and the car caught fire after it came to a stop.
Acosta said the man put out the fire and pulled Breanne and the other passengers from the car. Breanne later underwent surgery to repair a broken leg.
Acosta said she was grateful the man had intervened.
What national data show about crash-related fires
A U.S. Fire Administration analysis of 2014-2016 data found that collisions contributed to 5 percent of all highway vehicle fires but were responsible for 60 percent of fatal highway vehicle fires. Those national figures do not establish the cause or outcome of the Lynn crash.
As reported by WHDH 7News, off-duty firefighter Shane Stephenson and two other good Samaritans helped pull a driver to safety in a separate fiery crash in Beverly, on Route 128. Stephenson stayed with the driver, who had non-life-threatening injuries, until Beverly firefighters arrived.
