Police video shows the moment an Illinois officer stopped a pregnant woman’s runaway car from plunging into a lake. NBC News’ Yasmin Vossoughian details the story and says the mother-to-be is still shaken up over the incident.
Illinois deputies helped avert disaster early Monday morning, preventing a pregnant woman whose brakes failed from plunging into a bitingly cold lake. Jaelyn Mocaby, the pregnant driver, called 911 around 2 a.m. Monday to report that her brakes were failing. Mocaby declined to be interviewed by NBC News as the incident has left her emotionally shaken. Mocaby told the 911 dispatcher that she couldn't slow down or turn off the car, according to a recording of the call.
' Mocaby’s car hit Coffey's bumper, finally stopping just roughly a quarter mile short of Crab Orchard Lake. Williamson County Sheriff Jeff Diederich said in a statement that had the deputies delayed their response, Mocaby 'would have likely gone into the water.' Coffey told NBC Chicago that he was just glad the woman was safe. 'I’m glad I was in the area and very close to her that way we could have gotten that vehicle stopped in time,' Coffey said.
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