Help. >> He's out. We got to get him out. Come on. >> Get him out. Where are the four kid? The three kids. >> I need to come up. I need to come down. >> Part of the wing or the tail end landed on the frontage road on the bottom as well. >> On June 16th, 2026, officers and bystanders scrambled to free multiple people trapped inside of a small business jet after it crashes onto a highway and catches fire, reportedly following a mechanical failure during an attempted emergency landing. I'm Jack and this is unpopular. >> Come on. Hurry. >> Help. >> Oh, we got to go. HE'S IN THE LEFT SIDE. >> He's out. He's unconscious. Let's go. Yes. >> Bystanders who reached the crash scene grabbed tools from their own vehicles, including a sledgehammer and a shovel to help free those trapped inside before rescue crews could fully take over. The jet had come to rest on its side after nearly being sheared in half on impact. Complicating efforts to reach everyone still inside. Officers and civilians work side by side in the immediate aftermath to pull survivors from the wreckage. >> Give me his >> sir. Are you helping him? >> Yes. He's trying to help. Here. >> Let me give you a boost. Boost. Boost. Boost. >> Yeah. He's right here. >> Come on. >> You get up. It's okay. Stop. >> Get him. >> Did they get him? I >> need help getting him. >> Sit. Sit. Sit. >> Sit. >> Yes. We need help getting him. >> Please help get that guy. >> He's got one pilot out. There's one more trapped inside. >> Sit down. Sit down. Sit down. Please. We're going to get him. >> I need you to be good. >> He's right here. The door. >> Grab the door. >> Everybody out. >> We're missing wood. Hold it open. >> Let me get you. He's right there. He's right there. >> You got him. He's got it. Pull. Pull. >> PULL. PULL. GUYS, PULL. PULL. >> Get a ladder. Get a ladder. Sir, we got a ladder coming. Come on. Ladder. Ladder. Ladder. Ladder. Ladder. Right here. He's right there. Watch out with this. Watch out with this. Get out. Get out. Get out. Get out. No. No. No. No. Hands right here. >> Walk with me. Walk with me. We'll go in the ambulance. >> I can't. I know you can't even. >> Come on. No. Wait. Wait. Please. Walk with me. Walk with me. Please. >> Come on. >> Get him out. >> There's still one more in there. What do you need? What do you need? >> I need my crew member. >> This guy at CPS. He's right there. >> Right here. Right here. Open this. Open this one. Open this. >> How many of you were inside? >> Total of four passengers. >> Four passengers. How many pilots? >> Just two crew members. >> Two crew members. And you? How many else got out? >> Where are the four kid? The three kids. >> There's three kids. >> Yeah, they made it out. They made it out. I don't know where they went. I saw you and your your co-pilot. How many more should be in there? This size adult. >> Hey, we need somebody on this edge. Go. >> Get a rope. >> Throw. >> Rope to pull. >> Get him out. >> We need rope. You got a rope. >> Oh my god. >> Throw it. Throw it. Throw it. Throw it. Throw it. There should be a total of four passengers, including two crew members. The two crew members are out. He said three kids made it out. So, there should be an adult in there and a dog. Bro, bro, bro. >> There should be that male and a dog. Only two people left. >> What happened? Are you okay? >> Okay. Okay. Okay. Are they going to help you? >> I know. Take a seat. Come over here. Come on. >> Take a seat. >> Sit down. Sit down here. >> Hey, can I call my mom? >> Yes. I need I need to call my dad. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. >> Yeah. No. I need to call my dad. >> No, I know. I know. I'm going to help you. >> I need to call my dad. >> Okay. First, give me your name. Okay. >> Mason, wait. Can I get your phone, please? >> Yes. Give me one second. God, >> this can't be real, dude. >> You guys are seen, right? Yeah. >> Yeah. We're on the outside. >> Okay. Okay. And where were you guys supposed to go? >> Austin, Texas. >> You know if they pulled the other guy out of the plane? >> I don't know. >> I'm just going to give you the police over the phone. Okay. >> Yes. The plane crashed into the into I35. I'm in Laro, Texas. So, what happened was the plane crash. I believe they had no engine, but your son's fine. Uh, he has a broken shoulder. You know, like I have to help everybody else, but he knows your phone number, so that's a good thing. He'll give you a call when he can. Okay. But just know your son's fine, and so is so is Tanner, who's friend. Yes. I don't think they've been able to get him out. It's been put out. It's been put out. And I believe they got him out. I'm not sure, but that's all I can give you. Okay. So, um, yes, he'll be going to Lo Medical Hospital. >> They're getting him out. Did >> they get him out? >> They're getting him out. They got They got a rope. >> So, it's just him and the dog in there. >> Find out where the kids went. >> Yeah. They said they made it out. We'll We'll make contact with you guys first >> and foremost. Where exactly is that back pain? Is it that upper back, lower back? Good. Okay. Any other pain, neck pain or anything like that? >> You said no loss of consciousness, right? >> Is this person good to go? >> Yeah. >> This one's going to stay here for the moment or over there. And she says she can't move. >> Yes. So they can get off everybody. I think they're closing it off somewhere, right? Be a traffic. It's a plane. Let them keep moving that way. >> But no vehicle or anything was hit over here. >> No. No. No. Vehicles are right here. Try to break the window. She was able to open the door. >> Okay. What do you need, guys? Let them know what you need. >> No, no, no. Let these guys toxic. Let these guys get on >> that's the plane 50 northbound part of the wing or the tail end landed on the frontage road on the bottom as well. Fire still trying to get the other person out. Yeah, guys, get back here. Please stop. Let them work. Let them work. Let's just get back a little bit. Let's just keep everybody behind. If anybody tries to show up on this side, guys, please control. >> A thermal imager to see if there's anybody else inside. It should be just him and a dog cuz the three kids made it out. I already got the pilot and the co-pilot >> pilot said it should be three kids. One of those, two of them. So, six and one dog is still there. >> I got the pilots 43 and the co-pilots. >> The three kids are made out. >> Yes, the three kids made it out. One of them is complaining of shoulder pain, but they're already advised. They're going to send some paramedics to check them out over there. >> There's also that guy's a witness. >> Okay, let's hold on to that witness. Make sure nobody leaves. I mean, it's >> We got the main pilot out. >> To get him out, >> sir. He's going to get transported. >> Yeah, we're going to LMC. >> All three of them. >> All three. >> Yeah. Only one patient, but the three are coming just because they don't have anywhere to go. >> They're going to get transported to LMC. He just He didn't make it. He came over the lines. I was looking at the wreck on that other side when I saw just got hit. >> Where were you traveling? Southbound. >> I was southbound on the loop. >> Okay. Sir, I just need you to stand by for real quick. >> No, I'm good. My I left some of my stuff over there. We used some stuff to break the window. >> Awesome. What's your name, sir? >> Fred. I don't know. The video picked that off, man. Do you have a dash? >> I have a dash cam. >> Can you do me a favor and check that for me? I >> I have to call my boss. >> Can you call your boss for me? I greatly appreciate that. Right now, I'm pretty sure some investigators are going to stop by. I just need you to wait so you can talk to them since you're the probably the only witness. >> Okay. If you can call your boss and get that dash, that's really important. >> I called him. He didn't answer. >> Okay. Thank you, sir. >> This exchange refers to the person in the crash. Though it had not yet been determined at this point whether that individual was aboard the aircraft or on the ground at the time. The witness had been driving nearby when the crash occurred and stopped to assist with the response. then can be closed completely. >> Yeah, >> we need a clone. >> The tail is going on. >> The tails on the floor. >> We need somebody to close it off. But yeah, >> it's closed off. >> It's closed off. >> It's closed off. >> It's closed off. So, it's closed off. >> Oh, yeah. Sorry. Is crash getting activated, right? >> Yeah. No, but I think >> this somebody higher might just take this. I don't know. >> Anybody? >> This guy right here driving this truck. He works for the lines. He said he witnesses the 50. >> This is his 43. This phone number. >> Are you okay, sir? Over there in the back here. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. You want to sit down? >> Meet it. Uh eventually I'm going to need to lay down. >> We had a couple like electrical malfunctions. We declared emergency trying to come in for like >> we'll meet you at the hospital. We'll get you on the phone. >> Okay. >> This some movie. Have you ever seen something like this? No. >> I couldn't believe my ears. >> Right now we're on the line with the tower trying to get a hold of NTSB. Uh cuz they definitely have to be out here, right? Uh especially since we can't continue to impede traffic, right? So, we're going to see how much of this we can remove before uh >> See, no, not as far as the traffic. That's not no problem. >> That's at least seven horses right now. >> You want to go with them? No question. >> Okay. We got your information. So, if anything, we'll meet you guys at the hospital. >> Was there more 50? So, >> there was another one over there. Somebody's already taken care of. >> There's already someone there. >> The people are coming in here. So, we need concentrate to block it off because there's going to be a lot of there's a lot of material from the airplane way over there. >> We need to block it off and keep the people out of here. >> He said on the radio there's a fuel. There's a there's a plane with landers and somebody said and we're passing by. >> Guys, can we walk in and find out if if there's any more debris and too much smoke? >> Our throats are burning right now. >> Well, we're going to try to send you guys back on. >> Yes. But we'll we'll we'll wait. >> We're trying to figure it out. Okay. It's going to be a little Yeah, just wait. Thank you guys. >> Let's uh get these vehicles out of the way. Pushed back south on the northbound lane. Let's uh keep eyes open for any debris uh south of this uh crash. >> They're saying that there is uh people getting close to the five to the 52 trying to make it over there for the other unit to the system. >> Be a little bit rough to push to push the people back. >> We should be good, bro. We have a lot of units. What we're going to start doing, we're trying to figure out a way how we can start sending them back that way. >> You want to start with that line first and move them back? >> That's probably what we're going to end up doing. We're going to start from the very back. Maybe just sitting them start doing U-turns, you know. You hear me? We're trying to figure it out. >> How we going to figure this? You guys have a plan? >> Uh, right now we're going to clear all the traffic. Going to send them southbound. >> Southbound. >> We're going to check his cell bomb. Right now, he's going to go check back there. See how we how we look. So, we can keep sending. >> But they're all out, right? >> Yeah, they're all out. The three kids, the adult, and the two pilots, they're all transported to MC right now. >> Uh, it's my understanding. There should be only one dog inside. >> Yeah, they got it out. >> Oh, they got it out. >> They got the dog out. We're just going to go check for smoke inhalation. >> The plane's not to be moved until NCB gets here. So 104. I'm going to paton this off to the guys over there. >> There's no debris. There's a big gap over there. >> There shouldn't be any debris back here by where that yellow line is going to turn. >> They're coming out through over there. >> I want to set a double check. >> Yeah. Yeah. Just in case, you know, >> just so you know, the stretch isn't too far. >> Okay. >> There's a vehicle that hit the 52. So >> that's they're going to stay here. >> Yeah. Let's Okay, let's push him right and then make a U-turn left. >> Deep breaths. Deep breath. >> As deep as you can. >> Would that help the the >> and I'll come back a little. Let me look. >> Hey, Emerson, can you baton us to the another scene? >> No, but we got the main the main pilot out and then we were trying to get him out. >> What was he stuck with? >> I couldn't see. Everything was just black. But the pilot was on top of him but to the left when he looked down into the door. But he was stuck too. But he was responsive. >> Pulled him out, carried him out, pulled him away. And then we saw him when I was trying the flashlight inside. We could see him >> laying down. And he was stuck too. But we boosted another officer. That's when his body cam fell in to pull him out. But we couldn't get him out. You guys were the ones that got him out. I feel better. Just my throat was burning a lot. >> Job will get done. there without you. Okay. Still have family to get home to, man. >> We just need to get all of these off. >> Yeah. >> Because we need to make it a bigger crime scene. >> Yeah. Push it. >> We have the airplane hit that vehicle. We have to cut it off over here, which it's already cut off, but then we have debris over here. So, we need all of this clear. >> Yeah. Yeah. We're going to open it up all the way to probably quadro 39. >> We're sending them back one by one. >> I'm talking about the walkway. People can walk over. >> Yes. Uh-huh. I see it. >> There's people jumping the barricade coming over to this side. Go up there. Let let me send you over there. Let's clear those pedestrians. They're getting too close. Can we clear them? There's witnesses that saw him go real low on Cheyenne subdivision, which is this. His goal was to land on the on the roadway. I'll see the tails on the bottom. He did very well. We had a hard time getting the one that hit, but the smoke was no matter how close we got, it was hard to inhale. >> So, you have we have to push back. Even the firefighters do. Um, but we tried and then we eventually got him out. I think he was unconscious. So, because there was no help effort from that end. So, we were trying to go in. It was wrong with the smoke and the the diesel fuel coming out. The engine fuel was leaking. I mean, I thought it Yeah, it didn't. It didn't. Thank God it didn't. That one either part of the aircraft hit that SUV or the pole that it knocked down. That white SUV was transported. >> So, they're part of it >> which is your one male, right? >> I believe so. The truck is on this side >> and then and oh that's another one. Another one over there. See two vehicles. Boom. And then the wing is down there. >> So that's another >> I mean his act he saved a lot of lives. They saw him like this one running real low on over and I guess it deal with I don't know what happened to it. Power failure or what that it instead of going to the airport it tried to make a safe landing here. unit here on the >> crash one person though it remained unclear at the time whether that individual had been aboard the aircraft or was on the ground. Five officers were transported to the hospital for smoke inhilation sustained during the rescue effort. No other physical harm done on the ground was reported. All six occupants of the aircraft, including two crew members and three minors, were accounted for and transported to the hospital along with a dog that was recovered from the plane.