A decorated sheriff’s deputy in Virginia is being praised for acting quickly — again — to save a person trapped in a life-threatening situation.
On May 7, Deputy J. Holt, with the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a report of an overturned automobile with an entrapment.
“The driver was laying underneath the vehicle with her head pinned by the sunroof,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post, which contains brief, graphic footage of the accident, the woman trapped motionless under the car, and her child screaming from the back seat.
“Seeing the trauma her child was witnessing, Deputy J. Holt went into overdrive. Through sheer will and determination due to fearing the female may succumb to her circumstance in front of her panic-stricken child, Deputy J. Holt took quick action and was able to physically lift the vehicle up enough for the driver to maneuver her head out to safety,” the post said.
In the video, Holt sidles up to the vehicle and can be heard straining vigorously as the video goes blank from the camera pressing up against a surface.
“Mom, try to get out!” the voice of the child shouts. Holt continues to strain.
“Can you slide anything Ma’am, is your head clear?” Holt says. The video ends.
GCSO said that Deputy Holt recently was awarded local and regional “Top Cop Awards” for rescuing two people from a burning home in March 2020.
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