Overview
- The multi-vehicle crash occurred around 6:30 p.m. Monday at 18 Mile Road and Van Dyke Avenue in Sterling Heights.
- Officers Devon Leonard, John-Mark Branch, Kevin Archer, Andre Basin, and Sgt. Justin King pulled the trapped driver from a vehicle that was fully engulfed and carried her to safety.
- Nearby bystanders, including a relative of the victim, assisted in the extraction as flames intensified.
- First responders applied a tourniquet and provided care before firefighters transported her to a hospital for a compound leg fracture with heavy bleeding; she is listed as stable.
- Police released dashboard and bodycam video of the rescue, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.