An armed police officer risked his life to rescue people trapped in a car in eastern China.

Heroic video filmed in the city of Chuzhou in Anhui Province on February 19 shows a 25-year-old armed police officer named Mo Zixian running to a car laying upside down on the side of a highway and helping the people trapped inside to get out one-by-one.

According to reports, Mo was on his holiday and happened to see the incident when driving on the Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway.

Mo used stones and tree branches to break the car windows open and then freed nine people trapped inside the car one after another.

Although the car could have exploded at any time as the petrol leaked out, Mo still insisted to save all trapped people before leaving.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

2月19日，安徽滁州，一辆超载轿车侧翻9人被困，正在休假的南通武警莫子贤上前救援。他用石头树枝把窗子破开，此时车辆漏油随时可能爆燃，但莫子贤坚持将9人全部托举出来，待所有人安全后悄悄离开。
莫子贤是宿迁人，25岁。事发当天，他正处于休假中。“2月19日下午2点50分左右，我开车行驶在长深高速上，经过安徽滁州天长段时发现，一辆黑色机动车不慎侧翻在路边的隔离带里，且车内有人被困。于是，我立即把车辆停到了应急车道，快速打开双闪提示后，下车放好三脚架，并安排妹妹拨打了急救电话。”莫子贤说。

“我冲上前发现，车内人员正在喊‘救命’。随后，我捡起路边的石头和树枝进行破窗，接着再把人一个个拉出来。”莫子贤说，就在他将人从车辆中往外拉时，发现车辆开始漏油，虽然心里也有些担心，但他还是坚持把人一个个救出来后才转身走开。（视频由安徽台提供）