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>> it hits a curb for a driveway and it hits a railroad tie that's 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 ziegler's truck. >> she's not breathing. the sheer weight of the vehicle, she's 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 cann...

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. i'd 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 isn't 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 approaches the truck. and confronts ziegler. >> i let her know who i was and why i was there. she initial...

Zeigler is on the run. >> she flies by in front of me yelling at me as she's driving by. she said, quote, unquote, just [ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> tufty gives chase. ziegler's 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 driver's side door open. >> i'm thinking she's going to try to jump out of the truck. as i come around the corner i can see that she slipped out ...

[ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> tufty gives chase. ziegler's 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 driver's side door open. >> i'm thinking she's going to try to jump out of the truck. as i come around the corner i can see that she slipped out and she's actually hanging on to the driver's door and the steering wheel. >> zeigler desperately holds on. she can neit...

As ziegler's body spins out from underneath the wheel of the truck. corporate tufty's emt training quickly takes over. >> checked her pulse, she had a pulse, wasn't breathing really well. stay on, jonah, we're going to help you out. we're going to get to you the hospital. >> ziegler is alive but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> i've seen a lot of different things in this job, and i've 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. s...