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Decision. >> i knew if i didn't get the truck off of her she was not going live. the only thing i had available to me was to drive it off. i went into the cab. it was still running. i tried to hit the accelerator really slow, to feather it. all of a sudden, she came out from underneath it. >> startled onlookers back away as zeigler's body spins out from under the wheel of the truck. corporal tufty's emt training quickly takes over. >> checked her pulse. she had a pulse and she wasn't breathing really well. hang on. we're going help you out. we'll get you to the hospital. >> zeigler is alive, b...

For attempting to elude police she's found guilty and sentenced to 15 months in prison. but before she goes to jail, she has one last encounter with tufty. >> i actually stopped her on a traffic stop about three months ago. i went up to the car. i didn't 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. she has apologized for what she did in a letter and in person, and she did thank me for saving her life. if there's one thing that i can get across to people is don't run from the police. it's not worth endan...

Can see that she slipped out and she's hanging on to the driver's door and the steering wheel. >> zeigler desperately holds on. she can neither stop the truck nor get back inside. >> she's running with the truck and she's slipping as she's running and she can't control it. >> zeigler tries to keep up with the moving vehicle but this proofs to be a bigger mistake. >> 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 the grip, and she goes under trunk and the tire's up under her neck. >> he raced over to zeigler's truck. i...

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 behind the steering wheel. i pulled in behind her truck. >> corporal tufty approaches the vehicle and confronts ziegler. >> i let her know who i was and why i was there. she said she wasn't jonah zeigler. that's not me. i finally convinced her i knew 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 stopped and said, i'm not going. hit the gas, the tru...

Centered right over her breastbone, the tires almost up to her neck. >> tufty immediately radios for an ambulance and then races over to ziegler's truck. i check her. she's not breathing and just the sheer weight of the vehicle and obviously she's not going to be breathing much at all. >> it becomes a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off her. within minutes, neighbors rush over to help, you but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporal tufty makes a crucial decision. >> i knew if i didn't get the truck off of her she was not going to live. the only thin...