The driver was unable to move his vehicle out of the roadway, so Britton positioned his patrol car behind the disabled vehicle with the emergency lights on and directed traffic around.
However, it didn’t stop one driver from smashing into the back of the patrol car.
Britton “observed a motorist approaching rapidly and realized a collision was inevitable,” the sheriff’s office said in a post on Facebook .
Britton and the driver he was assisting ran out of the way just in time before the other driver crashed into the patrol car.
On Friday, June 14, 2024, a deputy and a driver jumped out of the way just in time when a speeding driver crashed into the deputy’s patrol car. (Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office)
On Friday, June 14, 2024, a deputy and a driver jumped out of the way just in time when a speeding driver crashed into the deputy’s patrol car. (Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office)
The patrol car launched forward after the impact and narrowly missed the deputy and the bystander.
The driver who it the patrol car was taken to a local hospital, the sheriff’s office said, and the crash is being investigated by the Colorado State Patrol.
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