Daily Telegraph | Man hailed hero for risking life to pull injured driver from burning ute Daily Telegraph THE father of a crash victim who was rescued by a brave passerby moments before the ute explodes into flames has described him as a “true Aussie” hero. Michael Van Baast was driving at night in Cootamundra, in the NSW Riverina, when he came across ... NSW man saves driver from deadly fireball Cootamundra man pries victim from burning single-vehicle crash | video RUSH HOUR: Mum begs 'poo runner' to stop |