Dick Van Dyke pulled from burning car

Actor Dick Van Dyke has been pulled from a burning car when his his car burst into flames on a freeway in Los Angeles.

The 87-year-old, best known for his roles in Mary Poppins and Diagnosis Murder, was pulled from his Jaguar started smoking on the side of  LA’s Ventura freeway.

Passers-by saw Van Dyke seemingly slumped over in the driver’s seat on the shoulder, however he was actually trying to make a phone call, said Dick, unaware the car was on fire.

 

Dick Van Dyke talks to police officer after accident
Dick Van Dyke talks to police officer

 

They “yanked me out of the car” before it went up in flames.

“It just started making a noise, and I thought I had a flat at first, then it started to smoke, then it burned to a crisp,” he told celebrity news site TMZ.

 

Dick Van Dyke car crash

 

Van Dyke said that not only had he escaped unhurt, but “there was a fireman, a nurse and a cop just happened to be passing by. Somebody’s looking after me”.

“Tell ’em I have a nice used car for sale,” he told the TMZ reporter.

WATCH: The video posted online by Van Dyke’s wife, Arlene, that shows the charred wreckage of the car.