POLICE AND CITIZENS RESCUE DUI DRIVER FROM BURNING SUV AT BISHOP FORD FREEWAY AND SIBLEY BOULEVARD RAMP, DOLTON

    SUN MAR 04 2012 ~0400
    DOLTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
    SUV VS. TREE WITH FIRE
    SIBLEY BOULEVARD RAMP/BISHOP FORD FREEWAY


    ILLINOIS STATE POLICE TROOPERS JACQUELINE DEL VILLAR AND SGT. HENRY SPIGHT RESCUED DRIVER TAMARA JACKSON, 34, MINUTES BEFORE SUV WAS FULLY-INVOLVED WITH FIRE. SPIGHT USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO GAIN A LITTLE EXTRA TIME BEFORE POLICE AND CITIZENS EXTRICATED DRIVER FROM SUV (LEGS STUCK BENEATH DASHBOARD). SPIGHT ALSO PUSHED DOWN ON VICTIM'S ANKLES TO EFFECT RELEASE. PASSENGER ESCAPED VEHICLE BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. DRIVER ARRESTED DUI.







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