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Wyoming Police have released dash camera video of a terrifying crash where an officer and a woman were struck by a vehicle. The crash happened Feb. 1 when Officer Ryan Silvis was helping a driver on a snowy stretch of northbound US-131 north of 44th Street. “I was dispatched to a single car accident on the highway,†Silvis told FOX 17 in a Feb. 15 interview, referring to a truck that had skidded off the road on the left side of the highway. “That section of highway is three lanes, so I parked my cruiser in the middle lane.†Officer Silvis immediately threw on his flasher lights, alerting approaching traffic they needed to get over to the right lane. “When I was talking to her, at the last second out of the corner of my eye, I saw headlights,†said Silvis. “And my brain kind of went, ‘those aren’t supposed to be there.’†The car slammed into the parked truck and into Silvis and the other motorist. Jeffrey Lee Huizenga, 26, is charged with failing to use caution when passing an emergency vehicle in connection with the crash.
“All I could do was kind of turn my body,†Silvis said. “I wasn’t even able to brace for the impact.†Officer Silvis was thrown after impact. The 23-year-old woman was pinned between the guardrail and her truck. Suffering from a fractured hip, Silvis was amazingly able to get up and make it to his cruiser to call for back up. “After that I was kind of on auto pilot,†he said. “I reached for my radio to call for more cars and call for an ambulance, and my radio was no longer there…When I stood up, I kind of looked down at my arms and legs and went ‘okay, they’re still where they’re supposed to be…†Police say Silvis and the woman are still recovering from their injuries.
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fucking idiot!
Fractured hip… Oh no.
She's gonna have to live with that for the rest of her life.
Anyone see the "shadow" on the ground of a figure pointing a gun at the truck? My eyes got stuck on trying to figure out what that was/is.
When there are icy roads… get the f*ck off the road!
I don't know how that officer ran to the car with a fractured hip? Adrenaline is a crazy thing! I suffered to fractured hips and couldn't put weight on either one, even with heavy duty pain meds. He must be super cop! 😊
It was my dad he’s ok now
2:04 Lol, was he carrying a coffee can, with a rock in it? Or was someone playing cow-bell? =)
A wild amount of mental fortitude to just get hit by a fucking car and bounce back up to go to work.
Non sarebbe stato meglio occupare la corsia a sinistra invece di quella centrale?
Woman's hit by drunk driver moaning and crying. Drunk driver pops his hood: "Oh, my radiator!" His total indifference to the misery and mayhem he has created requires a solution: throw him off the overpass? All togther now 1-2-3!
That was my dad I just want to let every body know he is doing great and back in the road being a officer
Why does every idiot think they can drive at normal speed in the middle of a freshly snowed on highway in sub-zero conditions? Seriously.
He parked in the middle lane. Everything else is just an excuse to help him to pass off responsibility.
I think he did a great job !
cops are freaking machines man… Trapped under a 5000lbs truck with a broken hip…. no problem lemme just wiggle out of here and call an ambulance for my injured lady friend here…. gun shot wound through the belly…. no problem, Imma just radio in for an ambulance and keep in the fight… like wow, round of applause.
God was watching over that officer
nobody expects the snowy collision
people always seem to bitch about cops and how they aren't "hero's" because they knew what they were getting into when they signed up for this job. you know what? they are hero's and everyday they go to work and ask themselves"is today the day I don't get to go home"?….
Looks like the guy doesn’t brake until a few feet before the victims….anyone else notice that?
Ban male drivers!
How dumb and inexperienced you have to be to drive so fast at night in poor weather conditions to ignore police lights etc. etc. this kind of incompetence is jail worthy
The best of idiot