State Trooper Came Mere Inches from Losing His Life, And a Dashcam Caught the Whole Thing
Every cop knows that death rides with him on every patrol, emerging out of nowhere when a shift may seem routine. For one Idaho state trooper, that moment almost came on Wednesday along Interstate 84 near the town of…
Every cop knows that death rides with him on every patrol, emerging out of nowhere when a shift may seem routine.
For one Idaho state trooper, that moment almost came on Wednesday along Interstate 84 near the town of Meridian, according to the Idaho Stateman.
Dashcam video of the incident shows that in less time than it takes to read this sentence, the trooper and a motorist he was helping on the shoulder of the highway had to jump over a concrete median as a pickup truck came barreling toward them.
According to an Idaho State Policenews release, the trooper had been helping a motorist with a flat tire.
The officer was wearing a yellow safety vest. His patrol car had its emergency lights on and was parked behind the Toyota with the flat tire.
What the dashcam video does not show was described in the release.
“One vehicle began to slow prior to passing the patrol car. That vehicle was hit by another, causing a chain reaction of four eastbound vehicles,” the release said.