- January 18, 2025
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A Flagler County Sheriff's Office deputy and a bystander helped pull an injured 18-year-old man away from a burning car after a crash on Palm Coast Parkway the night of Jan. 3.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a severe car crash on Palm Coast Parkway at the Interstate 95 overpass on 11:12 p.m.
A car had crashed into a scooter, and both vehicles were on fire. Deputy Dalrymple was the first to arrive. The driver of the scooter had been ejected and was on the roadway with a severe head injury, near the burning vehicles.
Deputy Dalrymple and a witness on scene, Christina Atwell, 44, ran to the injured man and pulled him away from the fire just as the vehicles became fully engulfed.
“Deputy Dalrymple and Ms. Atwell put their own safety at risk in order to move the injured man away from the crash and a safe distance from the flames,” Sheriff Rick Staly said. “In the body camera footage you can hear an explosion from the vehicle fire just as they are pulling the man away from the crash site. Their quick and selfless actions may have helped save this injured man’s life.”
The driver of the scooter was transported to Halifax Health Medical Center by ambulance. The driver of the vehicle was not injured.
Video of the rescue can be seen on YouTube or Facebook.
