ELLSWORTH ? An Ellsworth County corrections officer had a fatal heart attack Sunday morning after pulling a woman from the burning wreckage of her pickup truck, authorities said.

Kevin Shaw, 48, died at Ellsworth County Medical Center shortly after the accident and rescue, his nephew Tom Shaw told The Salina Journal. The woman survived.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said the woman was driving south on Kansas Highway 14 near Interstate 70 when her pickup drifted off the right shoulder, crossed the highway and rolled over into a ditch.

The pickup was impaled on a limestone fence post and burst into flames, Ellsworth Fire Chief Bob Kapka said.

Kevin Shaw and his wife were returning to Ellsworth from nearby Lake Wilson when they came upon the wreck, Tom Shaw said. Kevin Shaw pulled the woman from the truck through the sliding rear window, then collapsed.

“He liked to step in when people needed help. He was one of those type of people who never expected anything in return,” Tom Shaw told the newspaper. “I guess today was his ultimate Good Samaritan act.”

The 23-year-old Topeka woman was hospitalized in Ellsworth. A nurse declined to release the woman’s condition Sunday night.