A man who was allegedly drunk, struck a drainage ditch, flipping his truck several times before it caught fire. The accident took place outside the house of an Oscar winning actor. Witnesses say that Jamie Foxx tore out of his house and without hesitation, went into the cab of the truck with the aid of another witness to the accident, unbuckled the driver and drug him to safety, before calling 911. The driver suffered burns from the fire but they are not considered life threatening.
The man was taken to the hospital for treatment, where he was arrested for driving under the influence. The police statement said the man suffered serious head, neck and other injuries.
From the police statement:
“Two witnesses that were near the collision scene ran to the burning, overturned truck in an attempt to free the driver. One of the witnesses retrieved a rescue tool from his vehicle allowing the two citizens to break the window, cut the seat belt, and extricate the driver.”
Foxx’s heroics came just days after he was a presenter at the Golden Globe Awards. During the presentation, Foxx called out the movie “Out of Compton” for the award. That movie was not nominated for an award. It was an apparent slap at what many black actors and actresses are calling racism because no blacks were nominated for an Oscar for the past two years. Ironically, the movie business and the awards group are 95% liberal.