VIDEO: A rookie cop in New Jersey cop a real test of his training over the weekend thanks to a trial by fire — literally.
Howell Township Police Officer Nocholas Volpe was seen on bodycam and his vehicle's dash cam rescuing a man from a burning car on the side of the road Saturday evening. The officer ran up to the car after it had struck a tree, with clouds of smoke billowing out from it and the flames already spreading.
"I see the car start to smoke, then kind of light up in flames" Volpe said. He can be heard on the video released by the Howell Police Department telling the driver to get out of the car by hopping out of the window, because the door was jammed shut.
"There was no way he was getting out of there. Looking back on it, I don't think he would have because how fast the fire started," Volpe said.