Lodi police officer rescues man in wheelchair from oncoming train in dramatic video

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Unable to move the man's wheelchair, which was stuck on the tracks, the officer drags the man from it seconds before the train barrels through.

A police officer in Northern California pulled a man from a wheelchair that was stuck on railroad tracks seconds before the train came past in a dramatic rescue caught on the officer’s body camera.

Officer Erika Urrea of the Lodi Police Department was patrolling Wednesday near the train tracks when she saw the man and the railroad crossing arms starting to come down,In the video, Urrea rushes from her patrol car and tries to push the man and the wheelchair out of the way as the oncoming locomotive sounds its horn. Unable to move the wheelchair, Urrea is seen dragging the man from it seconds before the train barrels through, striking the wheelchair and the man’s leg, the department said.

“Officer Urrea risked her own life to save another, and her actions prevented a tragedy,” the statement said.The 66-year-old man was taken to a hospital to be treated for a leg injury and remained hospitalized Thursday, said Sgt. Ricardo Garcia, a Lodi police spokesman.

 

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The last position before she let go. Did he lose his feet?

Why was he traveling parallel to tracks, while on the tracks?

Hero

$UNP

Great, now let us discuss all of the metaphorical ways that the police intentionally push people into the path of that train.

Damn that was close, bless that officer tho!

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