Dick Van Dyke rescued from burning car by passer-by

Veteran Hollywood actor and comic Dick Van Dyke had a lucky escape yesterday when he was pulled from his burning car by a passer-by.

Van Dyke, best known for his starring role in the films Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins, as well as long-running TV crime drama Diagnosis: Murder, was rescued from his burning Jaguar XJ by fellow motorist Jason Pennington.