Heart-stopping footage shows an out-of-control car spin across a median and hit a stopped car and an officer making a traffic stop in Fairfax County, Virginia. The crash could have ended in tragedy — but the officer saw the car coming and ran.
Video released by Fairfax County police on Tuesday shows an officer making a traffic stop on southbound Fairfax County Parkway near Braddock Road at about 11:40 a.m. Monday. The officer has a gray sedan pulled onto the right shoulder and is speaking to the driver through the passenger window.
Suddenly, a black sedan speeds around a curve, spins out, screams across the grass median and spins backward. The officer sees it happening and starts to run. The cars collide head-on and the striking vehicle spins, clipping the officer’s right leg and then smashing into the police cruiser.If the officer had not run, he may have lost his life, or at a minimum, his legs."My cruiser was hit, driver was hit, trying to check on injuries,” he said.
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