CERRITOS, Calif. -- Two young women were pulled from a fiery crash by a good Samaritan in Cerritos, and police said if it wasn't for the rescuer's quick-thinking, the victims might not have survived.
The blazing crash happened on the westbound lanes of the 91 Freeway at Carmenita Road shortly before 4 a.m. on Sunday, according to the California Highway Patrol.
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Investigators said the female driver of a small car lost control and traveled up an embankment before the car flipped over. The vehicle quickly caught fire, and that's when a passing driver saw what was happening.
Good Samaritan Danny Mitchell wasted no time when he stopped to help.
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"I just pulled over and snatched the girls out of the car before (the car) exploded because it was on fire," he explained. "It was hot, but I wasn't thinking about that, I didn't care."
The distraught women were treated at the scene by emergency crews and then transported to a hospital. Their conditions were unknown.
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Good Samaritan Danny Mitchell explains how he saved two women from a fiery crash in Cerritos on Sunday, March 19, 2017.