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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Hero taxi driver's 'courage knew no bounds' as he ran to help pair trapped in car fire

A hero taxi driver ran towards a car fire to try to save the driver and passenger.

Russell Cooper was driving when he saw that a car had crashed into a roundabout connecting East Prescot Road and Pilch Lane just before 5am on October 10, 2021. He rushed towards the incident with a fire extinguisher from his own car, in an attempt to help the passengers still trapped inside as the car burst into flames.

Mr Cooper was able to save the driver, Nasrin Saleh, 26. Saleh was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on Monday (June 5).

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