August 12, 2025
Florida Trooper, Witness Rescue Crash Victim From Burning Vehicle in Sumter County
By Kyle Coppola
Florida Trooper, Witness Rescue Crash Victim From Burning Vehicle in Sumter County
A Florida Highway Patrol trooper and a bystander pulled an injured man from a burning vehicle following a secondary crash this weekend in Sumter County, according to a social media post by the Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers had been responding to an initial collision when a second crash occurred nearby. Both vehicles involved in the second crash caught fire, and one injured occupant was trapped inside.
The trooper, assisted by a civilian at the scene, managed to reach the man and pull him through the rear window of the damaged vehicle moments before it became fully engulfed in flames, says Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in a facebook post.
The cause of the crashes remains under investigation.
Photo shared from Florida Highway Patrol
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
