Dick Van Dyke Pulled From Flaming Car

According to the California Highway Patrol, veteran U.S. actor Dick Van Dyke, famous for his long-running 1960s television comedy and his role in the hit film "Mary Poppins," survived a car fire on a Los Angeles area freeway on Monday.


According to celebrity website TMZ, Van Dyke, 87, was pulled from his jaguar on the side of a Los Angeles freeway after it burst into flames.

Jason Pennington, the man who saved Van Dyke, revealed that he was driving on the 101 freeway when he noticed the flaming car on the side of the road with an elderly man hunched over at the wheel. He pulled over and pulled Van Dyke to safety before the engine exploded and flames engulfed the car.

A six-second video clip posted on twitter by his wife showed Van Dyke's charred vehicle on the freeway and a brief glimpse of him talking to officials at the scene. Thankfully, he seemed unharmed in the video clip.



"He's fine, thank God," his wife, Arlene Van Dyke, stated in a caption accompanying the clip.


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