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Who she was and that she was under arrest because she had warrants. >> he orders zeigler out of her truck, but she has other plans. >> she said im not going and she hit the gas and the truck goes in reverse, and i put my hand out to keep the truck from pushing me over. >> he tries to reach for his taser and then his gun, but theres no time. zeigler is on the run. >> she flies by yelling at me. as shes driving by, she said, quote, unquote, just [ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> zeiglers ...

She can neither stop the truck nor get back inside. >> shes running with the truck and shes slipping as shes running and she cant control it. >> zeigler tries to keep up with the moving vehicle and it hits a curb for a driveway and it hits a rail road tie thats next to the sidewalk and in that jarring motion she loses the grip and she goes under trunk and the tires up under her neck. >> he raced over to zeiglers truck. i check her. shes not breathing and just the sheer weight of the vehicle and ...

>> i knew if i didnt get the truck off of her she was not going live. the only thing i had available was to drive it off. it was still running, and i started to hit the accelerator very slow to feather it and all of a sudden she came out from underneath it. >> startled onlookers back away as zeiglers body spins out from under the wheel of the truck. corporal tuftys emt training quickly takes over. >> checked her pulse. she had a pulse and she wasnt breathing really well. hang on, jonah. were goi...

Ending when a woman desperately trying to escape from police runs over herself. >> thats a hard thing to watch for a lot of people. >> january 3, 2011, moses lake, washington. 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 l...

Prison, but before she goes to jail she has one last encounter to tufty. >> i actually stopped her traffic stop about three months ago. i didnt know it was her, and i just stopped the car for a violation went up, and found out who it was and talked to her for a couple of 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 can get across to people is not run from the police and endanger yours or the office...

She goes under the truck and the tire centers right over her and she goes under the truck and the tire is on her neck. >> he raced over to zeiglers truck. i check her. shes not breathing and just the sheer weight of the vehicle and obviously shes not going to be breathing much at all. >> it becomes a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off of her. within minutes neighbors rush over to help, but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporal tufty makes a crucial ...

She had a pulse and she wasnt breathing really well. hang on, jonah. were going help you out. well get you to the hospital. >> zeigler is alive, but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> ive seen a lot of different things in this job, and ive come up against a number of different scenarios and this is one of the toughest ones to handle. >> zeigler is flown to spokane for treatment. miraculously she makes a full recovery. she pleads guilty on her original forgery charge and is awaiting senten...

Yelling at me as shes driving by. she said, quote-unquote, just [ bleep ]-ing shoot me and then drives off. >> zeiglers vehicle is going fast leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake, trying to shake the officer, zeigler turn abruptly cutting off two other cars. she accelerates, passing a school and blowing through stop signs. zeigler is unyielding. suddenly corporal tufty sees the driver side door open. >> im thinking shes going try and jump out of the truck. as i come around the corner i can see t...

Tires up under her neck. >> he radios for an ambulance and races over to her truck. >> i check her. shes not breathing and just the sheer weight of the vehicle and obviously shes not going to be breathing much at all. >> it becomes a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off of her. within minutes neighbors run over to help, but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporal tufty makes a crucial decision. >> i knew if i didnt get the truck off of her she was not g...

Hang on, jonah. were going help you out. well get you to the hospital. >> zeigler is alive, but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> ive seen a lot of different things in this job, and youll come up against a number of different scenarios and this is one of the toughest ones to handle. >> zeigler is flown to spokane for treatment. miraculously she makes a full recovery. she pleads guilty on her original forgery charge and is awaiting sentencing. for attempting to elude police shes sentenced...