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ATHENS, Ga. -- A Georgia police officer's daring rescue of a man from a burning car was all caught on his body camera.

Athens-Clarke County Police Officer Dan Whitney responded to a car wreck August 18, and found the car in flames.

The person who called in the report of the wreck refused to go near the burning car even though a man was trapped, according to WSB-TV.

The video shows the officer run to his car and gets a fire extinguisher and tried to put out the fire, but it does no good.

The man who is trapped can be seen partially hanging out the door window.

Eventually, the officer is able to pull the door out enough to grab and pull the man out.

The driver of the car died when the crash happened.

According to the police department, other officers who arrived after the rescue described the heat of the fire as unbearable from 50 feet away.

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