A Fraser (Michigan) Public Safety Officer is being commended for his quick, brave actions in rescuing an elderly woman from her burning vehicle.
Officer Cameron Rieper pulled the woman from the driver’s seat of a GMC Sierra at about 10 p.m. Saturday as the vehicle was fully engulfed in a ditch, the Macomb Daily reports.
Rieper said he didn’t think twice about it. “The way we look at it, it’s part of our job,” he said. “It was a life or death situation. I knew if I didn’t pull her out immediately she would burn. My instincts kicked in right away.”
The woman was transported by ambulance, accompanied by Rieper, to McLaren Macomb hospital in Mount Clemens. He said she may have suffered some smoke inhalation.