VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. — A Florida Freeway Patrol trooper and a Volusia County sheriff’s sergeant narrowly averted being hit by an SUV that veered off Interstate 95 whereas they had been responding to a crash, NBC Miami reports.
The incident occurred as the 2 had been helping on the scene of a car that had struck a deer on April 13, in accordance with NBC Miami. Dashcam video launched by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office reveals the trooper and sergeant strolling alongside the shoulder of the freeway simply moments earlier than each run off digicam. Seconds later, an SUV crashes into the sergeant’s marked patrol car.
In accordance with the sheriff’s workplace, the SUV then struck the rear of the automobile concerned within the deer crash earlier than spinning again onto the interstate, the place it got here to a cease.
Neither the trooper nor the sergeant was injured. Physique digicam video reveals the 2 shortly checking on the driving force of the automobile that hit the deer, who appeared alert and talked about attainable whiplash.
Authorities haven’t stated whether or not the SUV driver was injured or if prices are being thought of.
The sheriff’s workplace issued a reminder for drivers to stay alert and transfer over for emergency automobiles.
“PLEASE keep alert for emergency lights and transfer over for first responders, service automobiles and disabled automobiles on the aspect of the highway. This was a cut up second away from tragedy.”
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