Editor's notebook
A 2011 Roseville Hero: Rosendo Mendez Pulls Man From Burning Vehicle
Mendez heard a loud crash, then went running to his front yard to see what happened.
In a year of plenty of significant news in Roseville, one incident stands out to me as a truly remarkable event: the quick-thinking action of Roseville resident Rosendo Mendez who helped rescue and pull a driver from a burning car. On mid-Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, a mini-van was traveling near the 1400 block of Glenhill Road when it struck a tree, then the engine compartment of the vehicle immediately burst into flames. Two residents of the neighborhood ran to pull the unresponsive driver from the burning vehicle to safety, according to Roseville fire officials. Mendez said he was sitting in his backyard when he heard a loud crash a little past 3 p.m. that afternoon. "I new something happened out front," recalled Mendez, 58. "I ran …
