Jamie Foxx Rescued Man From Fatal Wreck Accident

Brett Kyle's vehicle flipped over several times after it hit a drainage pipe on Potrero Road on Monday night.

American singer and actor Jamie Foxx pulled a motorist from the wreckage of his burning pickup truck after he crashed outside the Oscar winner's mansion in California.

The actor heard the explosion and rushed to rescue Kyle before the truck was engulfed by flames.

Speaking to CBS Los Angeles, Foxx said: "I don't look at it as heroic. I just look at it as, you know, you just had to do something. And it all worked out.

"As I'm getting him out, I said, 'You've got to help me get you out because I don't want to have to leave you.' I said, 'You've angels around you'."

Foxx - helped by another passerby - used a pair of scissors to release Kyle from his seatbelt.

Kyle's father, Brad Kyle, turned up at the scene to thank Foxx for saving his son.

Choking back tears, he said: "It doesn't matter to me who it was, what they do for a living or whatever - just the idea that someone would do that is so much more than I can fathom."

"He didn't have to do anything," Mr Kyle added.