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>> 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 behind the steering wheel. i pulled in behind her truck. >> corporal tufty approaches the vehicle and confronts her. >> 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 said i'm not going and sh...

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 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. >> the chase has now become 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 didn't get the ...

Corporal tufty's emt training quickly takes over. >> checked her pulse. she had a pulse and she wasn't breathing really well. hang on, jonah. we're going help you out. we'll get you to the hospital. >> zeigler is alive, but the extent of her injuries is unknown. >> i've seen a lot of different things in this job, and you'll 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 ...

>> a police chase with a bizarre ending when a woman desperately trying to escape from police runs over herself. >> that's 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. 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. >> i saw a pink vest and her head behin...

>> she flies by yelling at me as she's driving by. she said, quote, unquote, just [ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. >> zeigler's 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 cease the driver side door open. >> i'm thinking she's going try and jump out of the truck. as i come around the corner i can see that she slipped out and she's hanging on to the driver's door and the steering whe...