we're starting off in washington county ohio where the highway patrol has received a 9-1-1
call from a frantic driver who's unable to stop or even slow her vehicle the since it was captured
on a 9-1-1 call as well as two trooper dash cams what's your speed now are you still about the 90.
the terrified woman is navigating traffic at speeds close to 100 miles per hour
troopers catch up to the woman and work to devise a plan to get her to stop without
injuring herself or other motorists ever hit the brake pedal i want you to
try tapping your brakes try tapping your brakes
keep trying tapping your brakes the driver is so panicked that another dispatcher joins the call
in an attempt to calm her down emma this is becky i need you to listen to me right now
okay she's talking to brakes it won't do anything
right
one of the troopers has gotten ahead of the terrified driver in an attempt to clear a path
but her vehicle continues to accelerate forcing her onto the shoulder past the trooper and back
into traffic she's all the way over on the right hand side she can't get slowed down
you're gonna have to watch her butt she almost got me she can't get slowed down
they're concerned that if they tell her to use her emergency break she'll lose control of her vehicle
the dispatcher takes a chance and makes a risky suggestion
all right now i want you to take a hold of your emergency break do you hear me emma this is becky
all right take a hold of your emergency brake and just gradually pull that
a little bit and see if it slows you down at all emma does it slow you down at all
it does okay the emergency brake does slow her down some
finally the car slows thanks to the calm and clear instruction
from the dispatcher heroics ensured this incident was a rescue and not a tragic accident
you're okay relax relax now joining us to discuss this amazing rescue is ohio state highway patrol
dispatcher becky canvan so becky when you start talking to emma did you sense her reacting to you
yes i could hear emma's voice through screaming through the phone just terrified i got her
to focus on my voice that's why i tried to tell her my name connect in a personal level
it got to a point where we just had to do something because she had
enough fuel to go 40 miles wow and we just knew that people weren't gonna get out of
her way this was gonna end badly if we didn't try something and you know i didn't want her
to just slam on that emergency brake and she did exactly what i said i told her just
try it a little bit and i think you could tell on the video the change and tone of her voice when
she told me it was helping emma does it slow you down at all yeah yeah so you got to meet
her in person oh yes yes and what she said to me was i just can't believe i didn't hurt anyone
i said you drove that vehicle amazingly well she had an angel on her shoulder and an angel on the
phone too yeah oh thank you thank you i think i had an angel on my shoulder too thanks for being
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