Gerald W. Barnaby helped to rescue Steven K. Starwalt from burning, Springfield, Illinois, June 3, 1978. Starwalt’s vehicle veered from the highway and crashed into a tree, rupturing the fuel tank. Flames appeared at the rear end, both inside and outside. Barnaby, 57, dental technician, joined another man at the driver’s door, which could not be opened. The other man reached into the vehicle and pulled Starwalt partially through the window opening. The flames were spreading as Barnaby reached into the window opening to assist. Starwalt was pulled out and taken some distance away. By then the entire vehicle was engulfed in flames. Barnaby suffered lesser burns than Starwalt, who required hospitalization.
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