. >> reporter: corporal angelo piazza came on the scene friday morning.he car had crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a dump truck headon. other motorists had stopped. the truck driver had gotten clear of the vehicle. the driver of the car was trapped. >> i could tell the driver was in distress. so when -- went straight to him. >> reporter: so did the others. piazza and the other motorist went after the flaming wreckage with fire extinguishers. >> another citizen used my knife to cut the driver's seat belt off. and that's when we started working and getting them out of the vehicle. >> they did. when fire and ems arrived the driver was transported with multiple injuries. he survived, rescuing from an inferno. strangers banded together. they saved a life and then continued on their respective ways. strangers again. >> i think it's really great that citizens and, you know, prince george's county and police officers can work situation. >> officer piazza says he'd like to know who they were to at least thank them. they went above and beyond the call. >> i ne

piazza and some strangers sprang into action, grabbing fire extinguishers and getting down to work. >> another citizen used my knife to cut the driver's seat belt off and that is when we started working to get them out of the vehicle. >> i think it's great that citizens georges county and police officers can work together. and that's what we did in that situation. >> the driver is expected to survive his injuries. officer piazza says he would like to find the people that helped him out so he can say thanks. >>> in news 4 your health this morning, a woman's risk of dying from cervical cancer may be higher than doctors once thought. prior estimates included women who had a hysterectomy. but when researchers excluded those women, the death rates were much higher. 7% higher among african-american women than previously believed. >>> a lot of us are coughing and sneezing this time of year. but they may actually not have a cold. often winter legislatures can be mistaken for a cold. it's more common to be turn the heat on. >> and, of course, there's no fallen outside. >> cust mites thrive whe

piazza and some into action grabbing fire extinguishers and went to work. >> another citizen used my knife to cut the driver's seat belt off and that's when we started working to get him out of the vehicle. i think it's really great that citizens and, you know, of prince georges county can work together. that's what we did in that situation. >>> the driver is expected to on survive his injuries. officer piazza would like to thank them. >> we'll tell what you one driver did that may have saved their life. >>> and it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. four things to k no fios is not cable. we're wired differently. welcome to 8 and a half maple street. it's half a house. and even though it only has half a kitchen, half the closet space and a half bath, it's a full house to the wilsons. because they have fios, their half house has full internet, with uploads as fast as downloads. don't pay for uploads that aren't up to speed. get 150 meg internet with equal uploads and downloads, tv and phone for only $79.99 p

piazza and the other motorists went to the flaming wreckage. >> used my knife to cut the driver's seat belt off and that's when we started working to get him out of the vehicle. >> reporter: and they did, when fire and ems arrived, the driver was transported with multiple injuries, survived, and rescued from an inferno. strangers banded together. they saved the life and then they continued on their respectirespec respective ways, strangers again. >> i think it's really great that citizens of prince george's county worked together. that's what we did. >> officer piazza says they would like to know who they were, to at least thank them. they went above and beyond the call. >> i've never considered myself a hero. this is my job. >> derrick ward, news 4. >>> we have all talked a lot about the rain and wind we're experience this morning. after the break, we'll look ahead to where the sunshine -- remember that thing? when it will return. >>> and it can be hard to tell and allergies this time of year. a look >>> well, a lot of us have coworkers that are coughing and sneezing this time of year

officer piazza says he'd like to find the people who helped out and say thank you. >>> still ahead, dancing in the nfl. next, how they punched their >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >>> well, what do you know? they're back in the game. >> yeah. >> and you know exactly who i'm talking about. >> the patriots, right? we started with 32 teams. we are now down to the final two. the atlanta falcons and new england patriots will be playing in super bowl li in exactly two weeks. these two teams have very different super bowl experiences. the last time the falcons made it to the big game was 18 years ago. now atlanta heading to their second super bowl in franchise history. they did it thanks to an unstoppable offense. matt ryan leading the way. five total touchdowns soar through the air, one on the ground. the falcons with 493 yards of total offense putting up 44 points. home team to close out a stadium with a conference championship and a wonderful good-bye to the georgia dome. >>> not new, though, for the new england patriots, who have been there plenty of times before. after taking

to remove the water customers from the risks that are posed by the current conditions of mountain, piazza talked about earlier in the meeting, the qc will be taking a very definitive step in january and doing a very large shutdown and extended straight of mountain tunnel. during that time we hope for great success in completing the specific construction work that will happen during that time and also some repair work. the end result being at the end of that period we will a significantly reduced risk to water customers from a severe outage of the tunnel and i think that is something we should all be very proud of and so in particular, want to thank this commission for your focus on this critical issue and also i want to thank gen. manager kelly agm which he further readership. this has been an item that is crossed literally across the state in dealing with all the staff. the operations department, so within a major issue and focus to get this accomplished. it's not done but they have suddenly led and i appreciate that greatly. lastly, i did want to say a few things about the bay delta pla