A police officer in pursuit of a car thief realized that the car had crashed into a monument in Rishon Letzion, before catching on fire.
The officer immediately got out of his vehicle and approached the stolen car, rescuing the injured driver just seconds before the vehicle was completely incinerated.
The car thief, a 20-year-old from Ramallah, was taken to Wolfson Hospital in Holon in serious condition with multiple systemic injuries.
MDA emergency medic Gadalya Rabinowitz recalled: "The injured was rescued from the vehicle that caught fire while he was conscious and suffering from multi-system damage. We provided him with medical treatment that included immobilization and medication to stabilize his condition and relieve pain, before evacuating him for further treatment."