A group of good Samaritans can be seen in a video that has gone viral online helping a desperate police officer free his middle finger after it got stuck in the trunk of an NYPD cruiser in Manhattan, police said Tuesday.

“While on duty in Lower Manhattan on Sunday evening, July 28, an officer assigned to Patrol Borough Manhattan South was loading items into the trunk of his patrol car when the lid came down on his right hand, trapping his middle finger,” NYPD spokesman Alfred Baker said in a statement.

“A passerby came to the officer’s aid and, with the help of other civilians, was able to open the trunk lid and free the officer,” Baker said. “The officer was not seriously injured.”

A passerby saw the officer’s plight in the area of Baxter and Bayard Streets and called for help.

“Someone, help! Help! Help!” the man shouts in the video.

His cries draw three more people who join him in trying to find the latch to open the trunk.

“It’s on the wheel,” the cop says, instructing the bystanders as they go into the car.

The cop is then shown pulling his limp hand out of the trunk and dangling it by his side. The cruiser appears to be parked downtown near Manhattan Criminal Court.