VININGS, Georgia -- Newly released dashboard camera video shows Two Cobb County police officers pull a sleeping man from a vehicle stopped on railroad tracks in July.
Officers Veal and Smith were on patrol in the Vinings area near Paces Ferry Road on July 24 around 3 a.n. when they observed the vehicle stopped on the racks near Overlook Parkway, according to a news release.
Officials said the vehicle appeared to have turned onto the railroad tracks and was straddling the tracks. The officers cautiously approached the vehicle and noticed the driver was still inside and appeared to be asleep. Moments after the officers approached the vehicle, the railroad signals activated and the crossing arms lowered indicating a train was coming.
All of the doors to the vehicle were locked as the officers attempted to wake the male driver up but were unsuccessful. Without hesitation, and fear that the man was in imminent danger, one of the officers shattered the driver’s side window. This allowed the officers to pull the driver from the vehicle and get him to safety seconds before the train arrived and struck the vehicle.
"These officers put their own lives at risk to save this citizen, and to summarize this in a nutshell…….WOW," the Cobb County Police Department wrote in a statement.
