A new viral video shows members of a Chicago community step up to help a police officer when he needed them most.

On a hot day last month, Kevin J. Russell was driving down Jeffrey Boulevard as he headed home from work when a car accident happened right before his eyes. Two Chicago police officers were zooming down the street with their lights on when one SUV did not yield for them. The cop tried to avoid the vehicle, but he ended up crashing into a tree.

The SUV driver fled the scene of the crash, but Kevin and his fellow civilians were not about to abandon the officer.

“I saw a lot of bystanders come over and assist, check on the officer, actually pull them out of the vehicle,” Kevin recalled.

“Today after work, riding down Jeffrey I saw this Chicago Police truck flying down the street with their siren on and some idiot drove in the intersection so they crashed into a tree avoid them,” Kevin wrote on Facebook as he shared video of what happened. “Watch all the good samaritans come to help/check on the police officer and drag him out the car!”

An unidentified Good Samaritan can be seen pulling the stunned officer out of his cruiser and laying him out on the pavement as other civilians tended to the officer in the passenger seat.

Pastor Phillip Cusic rushed outside after hearing the crash from inside his church across the street.

“First I heard a car moving fast, I mean it was like (makes a noise) and then you could hear the wheels screeching and then a boom!” the pastor said. “We were right here in the middle of the street so we just sort of got him by his arm and sort of helped escort him over to the street but he was more concerned with his fellow officer.”

Belinda Chism, who lives nearby, rushed to her home to grab pillows and blankets to keep the officers comfortable as they waited for help to arrive.

“We had people on their phones calling 911,” Belinda said. “We help one another. It doesn’t matter who they are or what job they have.”

Kevin was not surprised to see members of his community come together to help the officer.

“The officer is a human being, he’s not just an officer or an object,” Kevin said.

“There are people who do care what’s going on in the world. I am not too surprised. I know we have good people in the world,” Belinda added.

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