Heroic Officer lifts a 3,500-pound SUV, saves woman pinned underneath
By waterbaby
A woman in Gloucester County, Virginia, nearly died when her SUV flipped over.
Deputy John Holt heard the woman’s son wailing as he arrived on the scene. The boy screamed, “she’s trapped under the sunroof!” The mother could speak, but she was having trouble. She said, “I can’t breathe.”
Deputy Holt tried to calm the young boy, who was visibly distressed seeing his mother in such a scary predicament. Worried that he would not be able to save the mother, the deputy attempted the impossible, and it was successful.
Thankfully, the shape of the ground and angle of the terrain allowed the officer to shift the flipped vehicle. He stood on a slight incline and forced all of his weight into the doorframe. This leverage opened the gap just enough to free her.
This wasn’t the first time Deputy Holt had to think on his feet to save a life.
“Deputy Holt never ceases to amaze us and has the unique ability of being in the right place at the right time,” said Sheriff Darrell W. Warren Jr. in a statement to People magazine. “Holt recently received the ‘Top Cop Award’ for our entire regional based on his rescue of two disabled individuals in a structure fire. A few years prior, he used his department-issued AED to save the life of a highway worker who had collapsed on the side of the road after suffering a major heart attack. As you can see in the video of the accident, Holt is calm in the chaos, confident and very professional.”
See Deputy Holt’s body camera footage of the event in the full news video below.
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