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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has released bodycam footage showing the moment a driver was pulled from his car just before it went up in flames on the city’s strip on Friday, January 27.The video shows LVMPD Convention Center Area Command Officer Derek Stebbins finding the driver unconscious in the crashed vehicle on the Las Vegas Strip. He then pulls the man from the burning car, with the help of a bystander, before flames engulf the driver’s side.Speaking in the video, Stebbins said: “This is exactly why I joined the force. It was to help people.”Traffic camera footage, also released by the police, showed a wider angle of the pair pulling the man from the vehicle. Credit: LVMPD via Storyful