TRENTON, KY. — A quick-thinking bystander and police chief worked together to pull a woman from her burning vehicle after she crashed in a Kentucky backyard following what police believe was a medical emergency.

The dramatic rescue unfolded last week in Trenton, Kentucky.

Arlyn Alvarez was at home when she heard a loud crash in her backyard.

"I heard this huge drumming," said Arlyn Alvarez, who lives in Trenton, Kentucky.

A woman experiencing a medical emergency had crashed her car into Alvarez's property, missing her house by a few feet, hitting her porch and coming to rest in the yard.

When Alvarez ran outside to investigate, she saw smoke coming from the vehicle and immediately went to get a hammer to help free the person trapped inside.

Trenton Police Chief Henry Hamlet arrived m

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