LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 27: Actor Dick Van Dyke attends the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.
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LOS ANGELES (TheBlaze/AP) -- Dick Van Dyke is uninjured after he was pulled from his burning vehicle on Monday. His Jaguar reportedly caught fire while he was driving on a Los Angeles freeway.
California Highway Patrol officer Saul Gomez said Monday that the 87-year-old entertainer was not treated or cited at the scene.
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 27: Actor Dick Van Dyke attends the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 27, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Getty Images
The officer said witnesses reported the fire just before 2 p.m. Monday and said that an elderly man was slumped over behind the wheel of the flaming car. Passers-by stopped to help the man, whom police and fire officials identified as Van Dyke.
Arlene Van Dyke posted a video online that showed her husband speaking with police officers and the remains of his burned-out car. "He's fine thank God!!" she wrote.
Watch the Vine video below:
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