A quick-thinking bystander and three Rutherford County deputies are being credited with saving a man’s life after pulling him to safety from a burning vehicle Saturday on Interstate 24.
Mikel Lessary said he stopped when he saw the vehicle and ran toward the scene. He reported seeing the seriously injured man collapse to the ground near the burning car. Moments later, he heard a loud boom from the vehicle and attempted to move the man farther away from the flames.
According to Sheriff’s Patrol Sgt. Brady Greene with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Anna Olson arrived moments later and found the unresponsive man just feet from the fire. Olson and Lessary worked together to move him away from the immediate danger…