Police Pull Trapped Woman From Overturned Car That Went Off Bridge

Police in Denton, Texas, rescued a woman who was trapped in an overturned car that drove off a bridge early on February 26.

Bodycam footage shows two police officers approaching the car, which was half-submerged in a creek under the I-35W just south of Vintage Boulevard. After one of the officers calls out to ask if there’s anyone inside the vehicle, the trapped driver responds by sounding the car horn.

The City of Denton Police Department said one of the officers smashed a rear window with his baton, allowing them to pull the woman out of the car.

The woman was treated by medics for non-life-threatening injuries, the police department said. A driving while intoxicated (DWI) investigation was underway. Credit: City of Denton Police Department via Storyful

Video transcript

POLICE OFFICER 1: Hello.

[CLATTER]

I think the steering wheel moved.

- Oh, I hear--

POLICE OFFICER 1: Hey, can you hear us?

POLICE OFFICER 2: Go ahead.

[CAR HORN BLARES]

- We're getting the horn.

[CLATTER]

[DISTANT SIRENS WAILING]

POLICE OFFICER 1: Here, I'm going to break this.

- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

POLICE OFFICER 1: Huh? Are you OK?

- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

POLICE OFFICER 1: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[CAR HORN BLARING]

POLICE OFFICER 1: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

POLICE OFFICER 1: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

POLICE OFFICER 1: I said it's just her. It's just her.

POLICE OFFICER 2: It's just you?

- [CRYING IN PAIN]

POLICE OFFICER 2: Climb up here.

- [SOBS]

POLICE OFFICER 2: Climb up.

- [INAUDIBLE] Thank you very much. Thank you.

POLICE OFFICER 2: Climb up. See that tree branch?