A 20-year-old Army football player and his father witnessed a crash and teamed up to rescue the driver before his vehicle exploded into flames, authorities said.
A 20-year-old Army football player is being credited for making a courageous play off the field when he and his father witnessed a crash and teamed up to rescue the driver before his vehicle exploded into flames, authorities said.
Larry Pickett Jr., a defensive player for the Black Knights, sprang into life-saving action early Sunday in Fort Montgomery, New York, about five miles south of the U.S. Military Academy West Point, where Pickett is enrolled as a second-year cadet.
Pickett and his family were returning to West Point after having dinner and came upon a vehicle just after midnight that had apparently swerved off Route 9W in Orange County and crashed into a utility pole, Pickett’s father, Larry Pickett Sr., told ABC affiliate station WTVD in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he lives.
Despite noticing live wires dangling on the ground from the pole the car crashed into, Pickett Sr. said he and his son rushed toward the danger to reach the driver trapped inside the vehicle.
