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BODYCAM: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan BODYCAM: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan
Bodycam: Video Shows Ridgefield Park Police Heroes Rescuing Trapped Driver From Burning Sedan Dramatic bodycam video shows Ridgefield Park police pulling a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Officers Anthony D'Elia and Nicholas D'Alto joined him in trying to remove Vagnone through the window, but the intense flames and heat pushed…

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