Dashcam video shows dramatic rescue from burning car

A dashboard camera filmed the moment drivers in St Paul, Minnesota, stopped in the middle of a highway to rescue a man trapped inside a burning vehicle.

The footage shows people desperately trying to open the vehicle doors and a highway worker breaking the driver's window to bring the man out to safety.

The driver was was taken to a nearby hospital but did not sustain any serious injuries.

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