A Florida traffic stop turned into a life‑or‑death sprint earlier this year when a fleeing carjacking suspect slammed into another vehicle, trapping a woman inside as flames took over the car. Before firefighters could reach the scene, a single officer ran straight into the heat and pulled her out. The rescue, captured on body camera, shows how a routine patrol in JACKSONVILLE, Fla suddenly became a race against an explosion.
The same crash also involved a 1‑year‑old child who had been inside the stolen vehicle, raising the stakes for everyone on that street in a matter of seconds. The officer, identified as Deputy Almin Residovic, had to juggle an unfolding fire, an unconscious driver and a terrified baby while a suspect tried to escape. What unfolded on that stretch of 103rd Street offers a raw look at split‑second policing when there is no time to wait for backup.
The carjacking, the crash and a street that turned into a fire zone
The chain of events started when officers were alerted to a violent carjacking that involved a 1‑year‑old child inside the stolen vehicle. According to Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office records, officers quickly located the stolen vehicle just a few streets away and moved in to stop the driver. Instead of surrendering, the suspect hit the gas and tried to outrun them through a residential area, turning a quiet stretch of road into an active pursuit route with a child still strapped in the back seat.
The attempt to get away ended in seconds. As officers tried to stop the suspect, he crashed into another car, causing a fiery wreck that left an innocent woman trapped in her driver’s seat as flames began to spread. Reporting from JACKSONVILLE, Fla describes how the stolen vehicle, still carrying the 1‑year‑old, came to rest near the burning car as the suspect bailed out and tried to run, while neighbors watched the scene erupt into smoke and sparks. The suspect, according to the same pursuit account, now faces aggravated fleeing charges tied to the crash.
Deputy Almin Residovic’s sprint into the flames
Into that chaos ran Deputy Almin Residovic. Body‑worn camera video released by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shows him pulling up to the wreck, instantly clocking the trapped woman and the growing fire, then sprinting toward the driver’s side as the heat intensifies. In the official account, the agency notes that, without hesitation, Officer Residovic pulled the woman from the burning vehicle even as the flames grew and the risk of an explosion increased, a detail echoed in the department’s own video clip.
The footage shows him working through smoke and shouting to bystanders as he drags the unconscious woman away from the wreck, then circling back toward the stolen vehicle to reach the 1‑year‑old child. A detailed breakdown of the bodycam sequence notes that he races toward the baby as the fire intensifies, scoops the child up from the stolen car and carries the child to safety while other officers move to secure the suspect. According to the same reporting, the woman and the 1‑year‑old both survived the crash, although another person involved had an unclear status at the time, and the suspect is now facing multiple felony charges that include kidnapping a child under 13 years old.
Why this rescue hit a nerve far beyond Jacksonville
What sets this case apart is not just the dramatic video but the combination of crimes that led up to it. The suspect is accused of a carjacking that doubled as a child abduction, then of aggravated fleeing that turned a stolen car into a weapon against an uninvolved driver. Coverage of the incident highlights that the Florida carjacking suspect crashed the stolen vehicle into a car that became engulfed in flames, a sequence described in detail in a Florida crash report. That mix of violent crime, a trapped stranger and a baby in danger is exactly the kind of scenario that usually ends in tragedy, not a clean rescue.
This time, the public is watching a very different ending play out on repeat. Local coverage describes how the bodycam footage shows the woman regaining consciousness as she is dragged away from the fire, while the child is carried out of harm’s way in the same frantic stretch of minutes. Another local rundown of the officer’s quick action notes that Deputy Residovic charged toward the flames without hesitation, which is exactly what viewers see when they hit play. In an era when every police move is recorded and dissected, this is one of those rare moments when the footage leaves almost everyone on the same page: a HEROIC RESCUE in Florida, carried out by Police who ran toward danger while others backed away.
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