Bystanders Recall Pulling Driver From Fiery Stone County Crash

Updated at 8 p.m.

(Lampe, MO) -- Three people are fighting for their lives at a Springfield hospital after a fiery crash in Stone County on Sunday.

Crews from StoneCounty were called to the accident shortly before 4 p.m. on Highway 86 west of Trace Hollow Road. They arrived to find the car engulfed in flames.

The driver, 30-year-old Mystery Anderson of Reeds Spring, had already been pulled out by some witnesses who had driven by on a motorcycle.

The Highway Patrol says Anderson took a curve too fast, ran off the roadway and overturned.

Crews also managed to get two other passengers out: Ariana Blackbear, 12, and Jaylin Blackbear, 22, both of Reeds Spring.

All three people were wearing seat belts. They were taken to Mercy Hospital in Springfield with serious injuries.

Matthew Sams and his son Austin were on a motorcycle ride on Highway 86 that same afternoon. They say the car flip and crash in front of their eyes.

They say as soon as the dust settled, they saw flames and jumped into action.

"He was gone before I realized where the care was," says Austin.

"We stopped the bike as fast as we could and jumped off. I threw my phone at Austin to call 911 and just started a dead run for the car," says Matthew.

The bystanders were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.