South Brunswick Township, United States - November 09, 2025 The South Brunswick Township Police Department has released dashcam video showing two of its officers pulling an unconscious man from a burning car just moments before flames engulfed the vehicle. Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said, “I have watched the video, and it is the definition of heroic. The driver is severely injured, trapped, and his car is on fire. The fire was quickly spreading and appeared to be almost at Officer Sites' feet when they could free the driver. It is the split-second actions of these officers that this 26-year-old is alive today.” Officer Thomas Sites and Officer Yash Shroff were dispatched to Route 27 for a motor vehicle crash on November 9. The crash occurred in Franklin Township, but the South Brunswick officers were the closest units. According to the department, they arrived within minutes and found the 26-year-old driver unconscious in the driver’s seat. He was unresponsive, the doors were locked, and smoke was pouring from the front of the vehicle. Shroff tried to break a window with his baton but was unsuccessful. As flames started to show from the front of the car, Sites ran to his patrol vehicle to grab his “breaching tool.” Sites smashed the rear passenger window, hoping to unlock a door, then broke the driver’s side window. He reached through the broken glass and unlocked the driver’s door. As Sites opened the door, flames from the undercarriage moved toward his feet. Working together, the two officers pulled the unconscious man out of the burning car. Within seconds of the rescue, flames consumed the front of the vehicle. The officers dragged the badly injured driver farther away to safety, and within minutes the entire car was fully engulfed. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital transported the driver, who remains hospitalized and is listed in stable condition, police said.