Dramatic video catches moments after fiery car-bus crash

LOS ANGELES --Cellphone video captured the terrifying moments after a car collided with a Metro bus in the Exposition Park area of Los Angeles Monday night.

The crash that left seven people injured, two critically, reports CBS Los Angeles.

The collision resulted in one car erupting in flames, which spread to a portion of the bus.

"We just see this car on fire and we're like, 'Ah, man. Somebody's about to burn,"' said Salvador Lopez Jr.

There were no passengers on the bus, but witnesses said there were three or four people were in the burning car.

They said good Samaritans rushed in to help, including Carlos Coleman, who used a knife to help cut one of the victims out of the car.

"His legs burned," said Coleman. "It burned his legs from the fire."

Video showed one of the people from the car badly hurt. In all, firefighters said, seven people were taken to a hospital.

Some witnesses say they saw the car speed through the intersection.

"I saw two cars racing," said Jason Wells. "The other one went by the bus and hit into a couple of cars."

Police haven't said whether racing was involved.