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Panicked they decide to stay in their car and try to reach the nearby highway. but it doesn't take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you even with the headlights. so we were just driving. we were driving on where we thought the road was. [ horn honking ] >> the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels. our feet we could feel the flames burning the metal and plastic under the car. we could see the smoke coming up through the holes, the ventilation. it was just pouring out black smoke. >> you've mad...

>> in the chaos, they lose contact with their family. they decide to stay in the car and try to reach the nearby highway but it doesn't take long to realize their mistake. >> there was fire hitting the window, embers. you could barely see five feet in front of you've within the headlights. we were driving on what we thought the road was. the entire engine compartment caught on fire, the wheels. our feet, we could feel our the flames burning the metal in the plastic under the car. we could see the smoke coming um through the ventilation. it was pouring out black smoke. >> you made a risk of sta...

>> the flames started spreading. i noticed my feet were extremely hot, but i couldn't figure why. when i looked down, i saw that the whole undercarriage of the vehicle was now engulfed in flames, along with the engine compartment. i looked in the vehicle briefly and saw that the flames were starting to come up underneath the dashboard, and were just starting to touch mr. reynoso's feet and legs. >> one thing was going through my mind. get this guy out of there alive quick as possible, as safe way as possible. but at the same time you're thinking what if. >> i looked at my partner. several of t...

But i don't seem to have the guts to do it. maybe i can get the police to shoot me and then this will all be over. gittens doesn't get his wish that day. he's convicted of reckless conduct and sentenced to three years probation. gittens dies almost six years later. he was 56 years old. captain mcgann kept the handgun that he shot off the truck as a solemn reminder of that day. >> this is the handgun that mr. gittens had. it's a small caliber, .380. the gun at the point i shot it was laying on the car in this position. and the round struck the weapon in the downward angle and point of impact is...

What you're watching is not a stunt from an action-packed movie but a real life car crash with 19-year-old brennan eden, a student from mason, ohio, at the wheel. >> it just was a freakish, freakish accident. >> it's early in the morning on august 23rd, 2010. an officer from sugar creek, ohio, near dayton, is scanning i-675 for traffic hazards when suddenly he sees a car flying fast through the air. sergeant james williams, a crash reconstructionist, rushes to the scene. >> the first thing i noticed was what appeared to be the engine compartment on fire which is opposite from where the crash o...