When David Padilla Jr wrecked his SUV, police soon discovered he wasn’t alone. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)

They Found A Car Engulfed In Flames, What Was Stuff Inside A Bag Inside Dropped Everyone’s Jaws!

Stunning bodycam footage captured the moment a group of police officers dragged a migrant woman who had been stuffed in a duffel bag out of a burning vehicle.

According to multiple reports, the driver of the vehicle crashed his SUV into a barrier while trying to evade the police.

It was moments later after the vehicle burst into flame when the driver confessed to police that there was a woman trapped in a duffle bag in the burning car’s trunk, and they had only seconds to get her out.

David Padilla Jr., driver of the SUV and an accused human smuggler is said to have trapped the unnamed woman in a huge black duffel bag and placed her in the back seat of his Infiniti QX56, New York Post reported.

He later crashed his vehicle near Laredo, Texas, while fleeing from officers.

According to reports, on March 24, Padilla stopped at an immigration checkpoint only to have a K-9 alert officer that there was something amiss inside the vehicle.

Padilla knew he is about to get caught, so he immediately fled from the checkpoint, prompting officers to give chase and eventually deploy strike strips, stopping Padilla’s vehicle, which crashed into a barrier on the interstate and caught fire.

After David Padilla Jr was apprehended, he informed agents that a woman was trapped in his burning SUV. (Photo Credit: Screenshot)

He attempted to flee on foot, but officers were able to apprehend him and take him into custody without incident.

At the time, he said to officers, “She is in the back. Get her out of there. Did they get her out?”

Bodycam footage captured the moment officers rushed to free the woman from her fiery tomb and pull out the duffel bag as the car became engulfed in smoke and fire. The officers then unzipped the bag and helped the woman to her feet.

David Padilla Jr
David Padilla Jr (left), 29, stuffed the migrant woman in a duffle bag in order to smuggle her across the border. (Photo Credit: Texas Department of Public Safety – South Texas Region)

Authorities arrested Padilla and charged him with transport, attempt to transport, and conspiring to transport the migrant woman.

In a statement on the incident, a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety said, “Smugglers continue to expose those they are smuggling to dangerous and life-threatening conditions.”

Sources: Taphaps, New York Post, Independent