Texas officers heroically rescue baby pinned under car after overturn crash | Texas

A baby is expected to make a full recovery and two Fort Worth police officers are being hailed as heroes after rescuing the baby who was trapped under an overturned car following a crash on Texas Interstate 30 Thursday morning.

Fort Worth police said in a social media post that Sergeant R Nichols and Officer E Bounds responded to a crash around 9.30am where a woman and a baby collided, causing the baby to be thrown from the vehicle.

Body camera footage shared on social media by the Fort Worth police department on Friday shows an officer running towards the overturned car and beginning to search for the child while a distraught woman can be heard screaming for her baby in the background.

“Hey, we need to move the car. I think the baby is there,” the police officer can be heard saying.

The officer gathered other motorists standing at the scene to help him remove the car.

“Keep moving, keep moving,” the officer urges when the car is lifted enough for the boy to grab his leg and pull him to safety.

The boy was unresponsive, but an officer said he felt his pulse. They tried to get the baby to breathe by using an officer’s fingers to push on the child’s chest. The baby first started making sounds and then started crying.

Police said both mother and child are in stable condition and are expected to make a full recovery.

They did not say what led to the crash or share details about any injuries.

Texas law Requires children under eight years of age and less than 4 ft 9 inches tall to be secured in a child passenger safety restraint system while inside the vehicle.

“Although this video is extremely difficult to watch, it is an important example of the kind of situations our police officers may encounter while performing their duties,” the ministry said in its post.

Police Chief Eddie Garcia social media post He described the child as a “little angel” and praised the police officers for their heroism. “I’m not sure there is a better example of PROTECT and SERVICE,” Garcia said.

“We are proud of the life-saving actions taken by Sgt.