NBC News correspondent helps rescue teen driver from burning car on Capital Beltway

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A local reporter stopped to help a driver who crashed on the Capital Beltway.(Courtesy Pete Piringer)

A veteran NBC News correspondent helped rescue a driver from a burning car after the teenager crashed into a concrete barrier on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County at high speed.

The journalist, Tom Costello, told NBC News he was driving home Tuesday when he witnessed a “horrific crash” as the car broke into pieces, flipped and landed on the ground.

“It was smoking. It was crushed,” Costello told NBC News’ Hallie Jackson.

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