A fiery crash Monday afternoon in Lowell, Massachusetts, left a moped operator seriously injured.
The crash, which involved the moped and a car, happened around 2 p.m. on Merrimack Street.
The moped and the operator were engulfed in flames.
"I knew something was up when the actual victim ran inside the store," said Nage Jean-Caidor, owner of Naturel Juicing. "He was already naked, he stripped down because he was caught on fire."
Jean-Caidor says the victim ran into her smoothie shop for help.
"He was very frantic," said Jean-Caidor. "I led him to the back where the bathroom was, I tried to calm in down, I gave him water."
Jean-Caidor is trained in first aid and tended to him as she called 911 and waited for the ambulance.
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"He was severely, severely burned, all over his body, back, buttocks," she said. "Everything was burned."
Witnesses say the moped rear-ended the vehicle, but police have not said exactly how the crash played out and who may have been at fault.
A witness extinguished the fire while horrified onlookers watched the unbelievable scene unfold.
The victim was taken to an area hospital and then flown to a Boston hospital for treatment.
"I don"t think he really knew what was going on," said Jean-Caidor. "He was just really frantic and he was scared."
Police confirm the victim has severe burns.
The crash is under investigation by the accident reconstruction unit.
