The dramatic incident was caught on a squad car dashboard camera

The two cops dragged a car crash victim from a burning wreck last fall

Two Maryland police officers were awarded Friday for saving a man from a burning car in a dramatic September, 2015 incident that was caught on camera.

Officers Cody Fields and Brian Nesbitt of the Montgomery County police department were awarded the Medal of Valor, the departments highest honor, at a ceremony in North Bethseda.

'Officers Cory Fields and Brian Nesbitt placed their own lives in danger and exhibited uncommon bravery and dedication when they rescued [the crash victim], who was unconscious, from his burning vehicle,' MCPD chief Tom Manger said in a statement.

A car caught on fire after crashing on a Maryland highway last September

Two police officers ran up to the wreck to save the driver who was trapped inside

Police said Fields and Nesbitt responded to a vehicle collision on I-495 near Silver Spring, Maryland, shortly after midnight September 1.

When they arrived on the scene, they found a car in flames with the driver still inside.

The car had come to a halt with the driver's door pressed against the concrete divider, police said.

Dashcam video released in connection with the award ceremony shows the two officers rushing to rescue the crash victim from the burning wreck.

Using his baton, one of the officers smashed the windows on the passenger side and reached the victim inside

The man was dragged out by the officers and sent to hospital for non-life threatening injuries

Fields, who reached the vehicle first, tried to smash the window on the passenger's side with his nightstick.

Finally, the two cops managed to drag the victim out of the wreck.

The victim was treated in a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries, and the two officers were treated by medical teams on the scene, police said.

Nesbitt is a 12-year veteran with the police department, while Fields has three years on the force, police said.