Parramatta coach saves woman from burning car hours after South Sydney defeat
I thought to myself, ‘This could be trouble here’.Advertisement“I parked the car down the road so my kids couldn’t see what was happening, just in case [there was another person trapped].“There was a guy already there. He smashed the back window with a Yeti [drink] bottle, then I grabbed the girl out of the car.Ryles and two other members of the public help pull the girl from the burning car.“It happened pretty quickly. Three minutes later, the car was fully alight.
- ▪I thought to myself, ‘This could be trouble here’.Advertisement“I parked the car down the road so my kids couldn’t see what was happening, just in case [there was another person trapped].“There was a guy already there.
- ▪He smashed the back window with a Yeti [drink] bottle, then I grabbed the girl out of the car.Ryles and two other members of the public help pull the girl from the burning car.“It happened pretty quickly.
- ▪Three minutes later, the car was fully alight.
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