Corporal Thomas Tufty News Today

The car stops right up at the breast bone, the tires up to her neck. >> tufty immediately radios for an ambulance and then races over to zieglers truck. >> check her. shes not breathing. the sheer weight of the vehicle, shes not going to be breathing much at all. >> the chase has now become a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off her. within minutes neighbors rush over to help. but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporate tufty makes a crucial decision. ...

The car stops right up at the breast bone, the tires up to her neck. >> tufty immediately radios for an ambulance and then races over to zieglers truck. >> shes not breathing. the sheer weight of the vehicle, shes not going to be breathing much at all. >> the chase has now become a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off her. within minutes neighbors rush over to help. but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporate tufty makes a crucial decision. >> i knew t...

Tufty has a description of zeigler and her vehicle, and it isnt long before he spots her. >> when i looked over to the left, i saw a pink vest and her head down underneath the steering wheel. i pulled in behind her truck. >> corporal tufty approaches the truck. and confronts ziegler. >> i let her know who i was and why i was there. she initially said that she wasnt jonah ziegler. thats not me. i finally convinced her i knew who she was and that she was under arrest because she had warrants. >> h...

>> checked her pulse, she had a pulse, wasnt breathing really well. just saying hang on, jonah, were going to help you out. were going to get you to the hospital. >> ziegler is alive but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> ive seen a lot of different things in this job, and ive come up with -- you know, come up against a number of different scenarios. this was one of the toughest ones to handle. >> ziegler is flown to spokane for treatment. miraculously makes a full recovery. she pleads gu...

Tufty. >> i actually stopped her on a traffic stop about three months ago. went up to the car, didnt know it was her. just stopped the car for a violation. went up, found out who it was and talked to her for a couple minutes. and she has apologized for what she did in a letter and in person. and she did thank me for saving her life. if theres one thing that i could get across to people is dont run from the police. its not worth endangering yourself, the public or even the officers lives in order...

>> it hits a curb for a driveway and it hits a railroad tie thats next to the sidewalk. and in that jarring motion, she loses her grip and she falls 1 under the truck. the car stops right up at the breast bone, the tires up to her neck. >> tufty immediately radios for an ambulance and then races over to zieglers truck. >> shes not breathing. the sheer weight of the vehicle, shes not going to be breathing much at all. >> the chase has now become a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the ve...

Lake, washington. corporal thomas tufty is on the lookout for a woman wanted by police on forgery charges. >> she had multiple warrants for her arrest. id gotten a phone call from our dispatch center that let me know that she was on the move in her car. >> that woman is jonah zeigler. tufty has a description of zeigler and her vehicle, and it isnt long before he spots her. >> when i looked over to the left, i saw a pink vest and her head down against the steering wheel. >> corporal tufty approac...

Zeigler is on the run. >> she flies by in front of me yelling at me as shes driving by. she said, quote, unquote, just [ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> tufty gives chase. zieglers vehicle is going fast, leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake. trying to shake the officer, ziegler turns abruptly cutting off two other cars. she accelerates, passing a school and blowing through stop signs. zeigler is unyielding. suddenly corporal tufty sees the drivers side door open. >> im thinking shes goi...

[ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> tufty gives chase. zieglers vehicle is going fast, leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake. trying to shake the officer, ziegler turns abruptly cutting off two other cars. she accelerates, passing a school and blowing through stop signs. zeigler is unyielding. suddenly corporal tufty sees the drivers side door open. >> im thinking shes going to try to jump out of the truck. as i come around the corner i can see that she slipped out and shes actually hangin...

As zieglers body spins out from underneath the wheel of the truck. corporate tuftys emt training quickly takes over. >> checked her pulse, she had a pulse, wasnt breathing really well. stay on, jonah, were going to help you out. were going to get to you the hospital. >> ziegler is alive but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> ive seen a lot of different things in this job, and ive come up with -- you know, come up against a number of different scenarios. this was one of the toughest ones t...