Orange County

Good Samaritan helps first responders in fatal crash in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — At least one person died in an overnight crash that blocked an Orlando road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

The crash happened on Landstreet Road, which is not far from Boggy Creek Road.

One man driving through told Channel 9 he thought it was just foggy in the area but soon realized it was smoke.

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That’s when the man jumped into action.

“I grabbed a bottle, a fire extinguisher and tried putting the fire out,” said Eric Christensen. “The fire was in the car.”

Christensen said there were at least two people in the car when the crash happened.

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One person died.

No other information was available.

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See map of scene below:

Katlyn Brieskorn

Katlyn Brieskorn, WFTV.com

Katlyn Brieskorn is a Digital Assignment Editor at WFTV. She joined Channel 9 in July 2019.

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