An Illinois officer is being hailed as a hero after he jumped into action within minutes when a pregnant woman called 911 to say her brakes had suddenly stopped working and she was quickly approaching a lake.
The Williamson County Sheriff’s office said it received a 911 call from a driver who said her vehicle “would not stop” early Monday morning.
Officers caught up to the woman, who said she was on her way to pick up a relative from work, as she traveled westbound on old route 13 at Division Street near Carterville in downstate Illinois.
“The vehicle had brake lights visibly activated however, the vehicle was not decelerating and continued traveling at approximately 30 miles per hour,” the sheriff’s office wrote on social media.
