Good News: Policewoman in California saves wheelchair-bound man from train; watch video

In a heroic incident that took place in United States, a policewoman saved a wheelchair-bound man from getting hit by a train after he got stuck on a railroad track. police officer named Erika Urrea, who is deputed in California state is w being hailed online for her heroism. 45-second clip of incident is going viral on various social media platforms, including YouTube. video shared on YouTube has garnered more than 4,71,000 views and over 1,000 upvotes since being shared on August 12. 

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Policewoman saves man's life

In video shared by Lodi Police Department on YouTube, Erika arrives at spot in her car and upon spotting man on tracks she immediately gets out of her vehicle and rushes towards him. At first, Erika tries to pull man's wheelchair but as train closes in on m she pulls physically disabled 66-year-old male out of his wheelchair as both of m fall back onto ground. Erika gets up again and tries to pull fallen man away from moving train. whole incident was captured in Erika's body camera.

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"On 08/12/2020 at around 844 AM, Officer Urrea was in area of Lodi Ave and railroad tracks when she saw a male in a wheelchair who appeared to be stuck on tracks.  She ticed that railroad crossing arms started to come down and saw that a train was approaching.  She immediately exited her patrol vehicle and began running towards male.  As train was reaching m, she was able to pull male out of wheelchair and y both fell back onto ground. We are extremely proud of Officer Erica Urrea and her heroism," channel wrote in description. 

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Netizens are flooding comment section of video with appreciative and thanking comments. "Thank You Officer Urrea for saving his life. You are an angel! God Bless You for everything you do for our community," one user wrote. Ar user commented, "Well done Officer Urrea. I commend you on your commitment to protect and serve and most of all, for being an outstanding human being. You set an amazing example for all of us."

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