Group of Americans Lift Burning Wreckage off Trapped Motorist.

[Sonny]

Amateur video shows man being saved

A group of bystanders stepped in to save the life of an injured motorcyclist caught beneath a fiery car wreck on Monday in Logan, Utah. The video above, courtesy of NBC's Today Show, shows the group band together to lift the burning car and pull the man to safety.

According to reports, the man was identified as 21-year-old Brandon Wright and is in stable condition after undergoing surgery on Monday evening. The driver of the car was not seriously injured in the accident.

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[Potemkin]

Longer one here: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/09...orcycle.crash/

Note the students, construction workers, maybe a soccer mom, etc getting in there.

Notice the guy in the suit hanging back.

Man, I hope I never get that way.

[flourbug]

Pote, watch where the suit comes from. He may have been the driver of the car.

[Potemkin]

What happens when experts do it.


Motorcyclist dies after rescue workers drop car on him

By HANNAH RAPPLEYE and JENNIFER BAIN

Last Updated: 7:34 AM, September 3, 2011

Posted: 2:23 AM, September 2, 2011
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A college student pinned under a car that had crashed into his motorcycle in Brooklyn died yesterday after rescue workers struggling to free him from the wreckage dropped the vehicle on him in a tragic accident.

Karam Rampersaud, 21, of Brooklyn, had been on his way to classes at City College when he collided with a Ford Taurus at 8:45 a.m. on Loring Avenue and Forbell Street in East New York.

Seconds after cops and firefighters started to lift the Ford with a jack, things went horribly wrong.

“The car was about four feet up,” said witness James Selder, 41.

“Then the car just dropped right back down. Right on him. Everybody in the crowd screamed.’’

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/b...#ixzz1ZCjGbvKg