( CNN ) -- The uncle of a Utah motorcyclist pulled from underneath a burning car by a group of bystanders told his nephew 's rescuers Tuesday they are `` heroes to our family . '' Tyler Riggs spoke to CNN 's Piers Morgan one day after a group of construction workers , students and other bystanders turned into a ragtag team of first responders to save the life of 21-year-old Brandon Wright . The accident happened on a street near Utah State University in Logan and was captured on video . `` I thank you on behalf of my family and I know that my nephew Brandon will hope to thank you at some point , too . I know that you might be shy and want to dislodge the title , but you are heroes to our family , '' Riggs said , adding that his nephew is in good spirits . `` He was talking to us earlier and going through physical therapy and felt good after that . Things could have been much worse , '' said Riggs . Sgt . Jason Olsen of the Logan police was the first officer on the scene . He was about to motion to a fellow responding officer to grab a jack when , `` I realized that these citizens had already organized and were just going to manually lift ( the car ) up . '' The crash occurred when a BMW pulled out of a parking lot and in front of the motorcyclist . Jeff Curtis , assistant chief of Logan police , said the motorcyclist tried to avoid the car , which resulted in him laying the motorcycle down . After crashing , gas spilled out of the motorcycle and ignited , engulfing both the motorcycle and the front end of the car in flames , Curtis said . The motorcyclist became lodged underneath the burning vehicle . The video , shot by Chris Garff , shows several startled bystanders looking under the BMW as flames leap into the air . The crowd quickly grows to include a man in a suit , construction workers wearing hard hats , a woman in sandals and a young man carrying a backpack , the video shows . After one person in the group tries to pick up the blazing car , the crowd joins in and lifts the 4,000-pound vehicle . `` I do remember one gentleman saying , 'We need everybody to come and help lift , ' and that 's when everybody ran over , '' Olsen recalled . One of the bystanders drags the fallen motorcyclist 's limp body from under the vehicle , the video shows . Wright was rushed to a hospital and was in stable condition after surgery Monday evening , Curtis said . The driver of the car was not seriously injured . The man Curtis believes to be the driver appears in the video dressed in a dark suit . He stood a little off to the side from the group and did not help lift the car , the video shows . After Wright is pulled from underneath the vehicle , the man in the suit walks over to look at the motorcyclist . `` He was in a shock , '' Curtis said about the driver , adding that any possible charges related to the traffic accident are pending . `` It was frightening , '' said Garff , who shot the scene from the Ninth floor of a nearby building . `` You do n't really see something like that and then when you do , it 's inspiring . It gives us hope , '' he told HLN 's `` Prime News . '' Police are looking for the Good Samaritans to recognize them at a city council meeting for their actions . Most have already been identified , Curtis said . It was a `` life-saving move that the Logan Police Department does not want to go unnoticed , '' he said . `` Each of those people put their lives in danger as they do what they can to rescue Brandon , '' Curtis told `` Prime News . '' The area where Wright crashed is highly trafficked , Olsen said . `` I think had this accident happened in a suburban area we would n't have gotten that kind of response -- we would have never had that kind of manpower , '' he said . Olsen added : `` It speaks volumes to what people will do in a tragic situation to help another person out . '' CNN 's Anna Rhett Miller and Brooke Baldwin contributed to this report .
Tyler Riggs says his nephew is in good spirits . Bystanders rescue a motorcycle driver trapped under a burning car . The group is credited with saving the motorcyclist 's life . `` It speaks volumes to what people will do in a tragic situation ''