A Virginia state trooper, along with several Good Samaritans, helped rescue a Maryland man from a burning Tesla early Friday. 

Trooper Sgt. S. Page

 

The crash occurred around 7 a.m. on Interstate 95 northbound at the 111-mile marker when a 2024 Tesla Model Y ran off the left side of the road and struck a tree. 

Virginia State Police Sgt. S. Page was driving northbound when he noticed the vehicle. “I initially was trying to decide if I should go northbound or southbound on 95 … I was thinking I should just go southbound because I wanted to check the rest area. But then something told me to go northbound. So I was like I’ll just go northbound. And then driving northbound I happened to look over to my left-hand side and saw the Tesla,” Page said. 

The Tesla’s doors were locked and would not open. Page broke the window, cut the airbag and, with the help of others, pulled the driver to safety. 

Afterward, Page checked the vehicle to ensure no one else was inside. The driver, Foday Kanu, 34, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, suffered serious but nonlife-threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital. Winter weather is being considered as a possible factor in the crash. 

The accident remains under investigation.