Jamie Foxx was a real-life action hero Monday night when he pulled a man from a burning car outside his home in Hidden Valley, California. The truck skidded off the road, rolled into a ditch, and caught on fire, trapping the driver inside. Foxx rushed to help after calling 911.
“Jamie didn’t hesitate. He jumped out and ran to the car,” a member of Foxx’s publicity team told ABC News. “Jamie told CHP that he heard the accident and also a person screaming from the overturned vehicle,” an account on the Facebook page Safety for Citizens reads. Though a police reportomits Foxx’s name, it describes the action outside the actor’s home: “Two witnesses that were near the collision scene ran to the burning, overturned truck in an attempt to free the driver. One of the witnesses retrieved a rescue tool from his vehicle allowing the two citizens to break the window, cut the seat belt, and extricate the driver.” Though Foxx reportedly called 911 before approaching the vehicle, a separate witness told TMZ that the actor, fearing an explosion, dragged the driver “about 30 feet away” from the burning wreck.
