Overview
- Newly released body-camera video captures NYPD officers and New York State troopers pulling three trapped passengers from a flaming wreck on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens.
- The clip shows the car on its side and fully engulfed as troopers try a fire extinguisher, then smash windows while shouting for passengers to reach their hands out.
- Officers and troopers drag each person out and move them to safety, while the driver, Mohammad Haque, gets out on his own.
- Police say all four were taken to hospitals, and Haque, 20, was later arrested and arraigned on charges including assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and second-degree reckless endangerment.
- The NYPD posted the video with praise for the joint response, saying the collaboration saved lives, and the criminal case against Haque is now underway.