In Virginia recently, a three-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after being rescued from her family’s crashed vehicle by a state trooper. According to police reports, a 1995 Chevrolet Lumina ran off U.S. 13 in Accomack County, then overturned and caught fire, a news release from the Virginia State Police said. Trooper K.J. Johnson was in the area when he saw the smoke and fire.

He pulled up to the overturned vehicle and the driver, Danielle Strand, was screaming that her child was trapped inside.

The trooper tried to douse the flames with his portable extinguisher, but the fire was growing in size.

He then crawled inside through a rear passenger door, found the child under the dashboard and pulled her out.

Fire and EMS arrived on scene as he pulled her out of the car and she and her mother, six-year-old brother and four-year-old sister were all taken to Shore Memorial Hospital for treatment.

The girl, who just turned three, had two broken legs. All four were released from the hospital within 24 hours.

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