Two Florida police officers gave a critical lift to help save a man who was trapped under a vehicle when the jacks failed.
File photo. Two police officers lifted a vehicle to save a man after a car jack collapsed, causing the vehicle to fall on top of him.CAPE CORAL, Fla. — reported. As the man removed the part, the jacks holding the red Chevrolet sedan up collapsed and crashed on top of him.
“The whole car fell on his body,” the victim’s son-in-law, Carlos Romero, told the television station.Body camera footage from the officers showed them quickly pulling the vehicle up so the man could be removed and taken to safety. Body cam captures two Cape Coral police officers saving man trapped underneath car | Click on the image to read the full story“If that had continued to weigh on him like that, he probably would’ve lost his life,” Mercedes Phillips, a spokesperson with the Cape Coral Police Department, told the television station.
The man was hospitalized with seven cracked ribs and some broken bones, but he is expected to recover. “It’s like the Hulk lifting the car off of somebody,” Phillips told the television station. “It’s pretty cool and we’re really proud of .”‘Well ... this is awkward’: Campground closed after bear tore through camper
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