US army academy football player saves man from crashed car in ‘heroic’ move

Larry Pickett Jr and his father pulled the driver out shortly before it erupted in flames after colliding into utility poles

A member of the US army academy's college football team has been hailed as heroic" after he and his father pulled the driver of a wrecked car out of the vehicle shortly before it erupted in flames over the Labor Day weekend, according to officials and video of the daring rescue.

The video shows Larry Pickett Jr and his father, Larry Pickett Sr, as they take a man out of the driver's seat of the car and then carry him to safety across a four-lane highway early on Sunday.