bout 6 p.m. May 2, off-duty Roseville Police Cadet Kaitlyn McKinney
witnessed a collision between two pickups on westbound I-80 between
Rocklin Road and Highway 65. She pulled over to the accident scene, and
ran up to the smaller of the two pickups. As she did so, the truck caught fire.
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The
driver, a young man, was in and out of consciousness. Kaitlyn couldn’t
get to the driver’s door due to the fire, and the passenger side door
wouldn’t open, but the window was down. By this time, two other off-duty
public safety employees arrived on the scene. Together, the three of
them pulled the young man out through the window to safety.
Jessica
Nicolls, an American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance dispatcher, was
driving a few vehicles behind Kaitlyn. She too, stopped to assist at the
accident scene. She moved Kaitlyn’s car to a safer location, near the
side of the highway. “Kaitlyn’s quick actions saved his life. There was
no way that I could have made it in time,” Jessica said.
Cadet McKinney emphasized that the collective actions of those individuals who
stopped to assist, saved the life of that young man. The young driver
has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.