Des Moines cops rescue occupants from burning vehicle
Dramatic new video just released by Des Moines police shows officers pulling people out from a burning car during a fatal crash early Sunday morning, August 28.The dash-camera video shows officers arriving on the scene and working to put out the fire on the bottom side of a flipped car. The car is engulfed in flames as officers beat on the frame to try to get the doors open.A person inside the burning vehicle can be heard calling for help.The crash happened at 3 a.m. at the intersection of Southeast 14th Street. Police said a car traveling at a high rate of speed crashed into a Ford Explorer. Police said the driver of the car didn’t stop at a traffic signal.

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