Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Share Body Cam Footage of Fiery Car Wreck

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The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office has shared body cam footage of a recent fiery car wreck.

A Deputy with the Sheriff’s Office attempted to make a traffic stop due to expired license plates on January 18th around 2:00 a.m.

However, the driver of the vehicle quickly fled the scene, and the deputy did not pursue it.

A short time later, the vehicle was located roughly six miles away, where it had crashed violently into a tree line before bursting into flames.

The Deputy then juggled competing interests of appropriately addressing a driver who had just fled from law enforcement, containing the fire, and safely rescuing the vehicle’s occupants following the crash.

The deputy turned his priorities to extinguishing the fire and removing the occupants.

Additional arriving deputies also rendered aid, using extinguishers from their squad cars to put out the flames while attending to the injured occupants and their three dogs.

Both occupants were severely injured in the accident, but thanks to the work of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, their lives were saved.

Investigations have shown the vehicle left the roadway, went airborne after launching over a culvert, and crashed into a tree before catching fire.