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A young mother and her nine-month-old daughter were rescued from a burning SUV by two CHP officers following an accident on the 55 freeway, according to a news report.

The California Highway Patrol said that Officers Tim Montoya and Daryl Hansen responded to a report of a car fire on the 55 freeway at the 17^th Street off-ramp in Santa Ana.  They found a crying baby facedown on the floorboards of the vehicle and a semi-conscious woman in the passenger seat.  A man and a crying toddler were next to the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, which was on fire.

Montoya pulled the baby out of the car and returned to help Hansen rescue the mother, 22-year-old Kathy De Rosa of Santa Ana.  The SUV driver — Leonardo Morales, 22, of Santa Ana — was arrested on suspicion of DUI after he drove the SUV off the freeway and hit a tree.

The baby and toddler were taken to Children’s Hospital of Orange County in serious condition.  De Rosa was taken to Western Medical Center in Santa Ana in serious condition, with lacerations to her face.

If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call the Orange County personal injury attorneys at Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm.  We are one of the leading catastrophic Orange County personal injury law firms. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.

Callahan & Blaine also has numerous other record-breaking verdicts and settlement in Orange County, including the largest jury verdict in the history of Orange County ($934 Million), the largest class action settlement ($38 Million), the largest insurance bad faith judgment ($58 Million) and the largest employment law settlement ($38 Million).  Callahan & Blaine also has recent personal injury settlements of $28 Million for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway,  $17 Million for a bicycle accident on Pacific Coast Highway,  $7.25 Million for a bus accident, $7 Million for a bicyclist who was struck by a delivery truck, and $6 Million for a bicyclist struck by an airport shuttle bus.

If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, please contact our Orange County law firm for expert legal counsel.