Winston Salem, NC : Good samaritan praised for helping free man from fiery crash involving Forsyth County school bus on Tuesday September 7 2016

One driver was taken to a local hospital after his truck collided with a school bus and caught fire Tuesday morning, police said.
Terry Wayne McCarney Jr. was taken to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Winston-Salem Police Department. Shortly before 7 a.m., McCarney was driving south on Cherry Street near Polo Road when a northbound Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools bus turned left from Cherry Street onto Polo Road.
McCarney’s truck and the bus collided in the intersection. The impact of the crash caused the vehicles to become stuck together and crushed McCarney’s driver-side door.
Lt. Vince Rega said McCarney was pinned inside the truck when it caught fire. Officers used their fire extinguishers to keep the flames at bay, but could not get the fire completely extinguished because of how the vehicles were stuck together.
Rega said it was a passer-by who stopped to help that enabled officers to free McCarney.
George Rodgers was driving by the scene. He stopped and used his tow chain and truck to pull McCarney’s truck free from the school bus. At that point, Rega said, officers were able to put out the fire and free McCarney.
“That citizen really did a lot of good for that gentleman,” Rega said.
Officers used crowbars to pry open the driver’s side door.
Bus 239, being driven by John Lester Ijames, was carrying two Jefferson Elementary students at the time. No one on the bus was injured, according to police reports.
Another bus was used to finish the route, said Theo Helm, spokesman for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.


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Good samaritan praised for helping free man from fiery crash involving Forsyth County school bus