A dangerous rescue in California was captured on the body camera of a police officer – and now that officer is being praised for risking her life to save another.
On Wednesday morning, Lodi police department officer Erika Urrea tracked down a man in a wheelchair who appeared to be stuck on railroads, the police department wrote on Facebook. Urrea noticed that the railroads crossing poor people were coming down and a train was approaching. So, she jumped out of her patrol car and ran towards the man.
Her body camera material – which was shared by the department on social media and has since gone viral – lets her reach out to the man and ask if he can come up. She then pulls him out of his wheelchair, getting him just an inch of the tracks seconds before the train passes.
Both Urrea and the man fell to the ground. The 66-year-old man sustained a leg injury, causing them to be hit by Urrea and another officer who arrived on the scene. The man was transported to a hospital after treatment.
“Officer Urrea risked her own life to save another and her actions prevented a tragedy today. We are extremely proud of Officer Erika Urrea and her heroism,” the Lodi Police Department wrote on Facebook.
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