{"id":5482,"date":"2026-04-30T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/?p=5482"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:29:27","slug":"off-duty-officer-rescues-man-from-burning-vehicle-after-a-deadly-crash-on-u-s-highway-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/off-duty-officer-rescues-man-from-burning-vehicle-after-a-deadly-crash-on-u-s-highway-281\/","title":{"rendered":"Off-Duty Officer Rescues Man from Burning Vehicle After a Deadly Crash on U.S. Highway 281"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5483\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5483\" class=\"wp-image-5483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-170617913-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"improper towing accident Texas, towing accident Highway 281 San Antonio, intoxicated driver towing crash Texas, vehicle fire crash San Antonio, SAPD rescue Highway 281, towing laws Texas vehicle, drunk driving towing accident, multi vehicle fire crash Texas, wrongful death towing accident Texas, car accident lawyer San Antonio, Far North Side crash Highway 281, attenuator crash Texas, illegal towing accident liability, towing safety requirements Texas, DWI crash liability Texas, Call Shaw, Carabin Shaw, San Antonio injury lawyer towing accident, who is liable towing accident Texas, vehicle towing negligence Texas\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-170617913-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-170617913-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/iStock-170617913.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Towing mishaps can cause deadly accidents.<\/p><\/div>\n<h1 data-section-id=\"9tro3q\" data-start=\"254\" data-end=\"322\">Off-Duty SAPD Officer Rescues Driver from Fiery Crash on U.S. Highway 281<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"324\" data-end=\"471\">According to a report from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">News4SanAntonio<\/span><\/span>, an officer is being praised for saving a driver\u2019s life while off duty last week.\u00b9<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carabinshaw.com\/news\/off-duty-officer-rescues-man-from-burning-vehicle-after-a-deadly-crash-on-u-s-highway-281\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Off-Duty Officer Rescues Man from Burning Vehicle After a Deadly Crash on U.S. Highway 281\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towing mishaps can cause deadly accidents. Off-Duty SAPD Officer Rescues Driver from Fiery Crash on U.S. Highway 281 According to a report from News4SanAntonio, an officer is being praised for saving a driver\u2019s life while off duty last week.\u00b9 Continue Reading \u203a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107,4,8],"tags":[4110,7852,2306,2781,188,7373,117,7848,54,7855,7851,422,13,114,185,7853,7842,92,98,7844,7849,4446,763,7856,7846,7843,7847,7854,7845,7858,7857,33,7850],"class_list":["post-5482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alcohol-and-auto-accidents","category-fatal-car-accidents","category-wrongful-death","tag-accident-news","tag-attenuator-crash-texas","tag-call-shaw","tag-car-accident-lawyer-san-antonio","tag-carabin-shaw","tag-crash-news","tag-drunk-driving","tag-drunk-driving-towing-accident","tag-dwi-accident","tag-dwi-crash-liability-texas","tag-far-north-side-crash-highway-281","tag-fatal-car-accident","tag-fatal-car-accidents","tag-fatal-collision","tag-fatal-crash","tag-illegal-towing-accident-liability","tag-improper-towing-accident-texas","tag-injury-accident","tag-injury-help","tag-intoxicated-driver-towing-crash-texas","tag-multi-vehicle-fire-crash-texas","tag-news","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-injury-lawyer-towing-accident","tag-sapd-rescue-highway-281","tag-towing-accident-highway-281-san-antonio","tag-towing-laws-texas-vehicle","tag-towing-safety-requirements-texas","tag-vehicle-fire-crash-san-antonio","tag-vehicle-towing-negligence-texas","tag-who-is-liable-towing-accident-texas","tag-wrongful-death","tag-wrongful-death-towing-accident-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Off-Duty Officer Rescues Man from Burning Vehicle After a Deadly Crash on U.S. Highway 281 &#8212; 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