CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (TNND) — A South Carolina deputy rescued a woman from a burning vehicle following a crash on Interstate 77 on May 23.
According to the Chester County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Daniel Threatt was the first on the scene of a single-vehicle accident that left the woman's car overturned and partially engulfed in flames. Emergency responders arrived shortly after and assisted in extinguishing the fire and providing medical aid.
Authorities said the driver, Carletta Bush, was en route from out of state to Charlotte to celebrate completing her radiation treatments for breast cancer. Body camera footage showed Threatt breaking a window to free her from the wreckage.
“I called out to her, and she said she was stuck in the seat belt,” Threatt recalled. “I was thinking… this car could blow up at any moment.”
According to Bush, Threatt was her “guardian angel.” She expressed gratitude for his quick actions, stating, “Nobody came to save me.”
Deputy Threatt later visited Bush in the hospital, reflecting on the rescue as a pivotal moment in his seven years of law enforcement. The incident remains under investigation.