A group of Good Samaritans, including an off-duty police officer, jumped in to save a driver who crashed in Toms River, NJ, over the weekend. tedgreenbergNBC spoke with the officer.
An off-duty police officer and several Good Samaritans teamed up to save an elderly man following a car crash in Toms River, New Jersey, over the weekend.
Seaside Park Police Patrolman and volunteer firefighter Ryan Stack was off-duty and with his girlfriend Saturday afternoon when they witnessed a crash at Route 37 and Hooper Avenue in Toms River. “Actually, I first heard the collision and then saw the light post start coming down,” Stack told NBC10. Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.“My boyfriend is a police officer in Seaside Park,” Stack’s girlfriend told a 911 caller. “He got out of the car and he’s helping.”
As Stack approached the vehicle involved in the crash, he found 78-year-old Horst Szczypinski unconscious behind the wheel. The doors of the car were locked and the driver’s side window was slightly cracked open. Stack, a 20-year veteran of the Seaside Park Police Department, told NBC10 at least four other people responded to the scene to help get Szczypinski out.
“We went up to the front window and two of us got our fingers in on it and ripped it out towards us,” Stack said. “And then we’re able to unlock the door.”
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