Dennis R. Roland saved Louise Desfosses and attempted to rescue Frances E. Haeck from burning, Duncansville, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1980. In an accident that resulted in the cab of a trailer and a dump truck loaded with asphalt pinning a sedan, Miss Desfosses, 22, sat stunned in the cab as flames broke out around it; and Mrs. Haeck, 51, was covered except for one arm by asphalt that poured into the sedan. After assisting a workman in pulling off the cab’s door, Roland, 36, state policeman, entered the burning cab and removed Miss Desfosses before she sustained any burns. Roland then ran to the sedan and extended his upper body inside as flames entered through the broken rear window. He grasped the arm of Mrs. Haeck and tried to free her from the asphalt; but the increasing heat forced him to retreat shortly before the automobile was engulfed by flames. Mrs. Haeck died. 57745-6533
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