Las Vegas Police Officer, Tourist Rescue Man from Inflamed Car on Strip: Video

Harrowing Moments

Stebbins later recounted the ordeal, as reported by local TV station KLAS. Stebbins said he warned a crowd of onlookers to stay away from the vehicle, but is thankful Mouser stayed to help. Without the two of them, the situation could have ended very differently.

If we weren’t there, I think he would have been burned in the vehicle. Would he have died? I don’t know, but I think he would have suffered severe burns just from how fast the vehicle caught fire,” Stebbins said.

Mouser was visiting Vegas from Kentucky, where he works as a barber, according to local news reports. This was his first trip to Las Vegas. He returned home this week.

The driver, identified as , 34, was injured in the accident and the ensuing car fire. He was transported to University Medical Center. Details on his injuries weren’t immediately available, though media reports said he lost consciousness during the crash.

Dawkins was charged after the accident. Counts include DUI, failure to properly maintain a travel lane or improper lane change, and owner failing to show proof of insurance, KLAS said.

Stebbins suffered smoke inhalation, but has returned to duty. Mouser was not injured.

Mouser also recounted the event to local news. He and his wife were walking on the Strip when, suddenly, they witnessed a BMW crash into a palm tree in the center partition near the Venetian.

After a couple of minutes passed and no one got out of the car, Mouser said he became increasingly concerned.

Somebody needs to look in to see what’s wrong with him,” Mouser told KVVU, a local TV station.

Mouser remembers the officer warned him and the other passersby to move away from the car. But he stayed.

“I probably should have listened to him, but I tried to help,” Mouser said.