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North Carolina Officer Rescued Woman from Stalled Car on Railroad Tracks Moments Before Train Crash

December 31, 2019 • by POL Staff

North Carolina Central University police officer Stacey DeSantis is being commended for rescuing a woman out of a car stalled on a Durham railroad track just before a train crashed into the car this weekend, ABC 11.

NCCU officials said Officer DeSantis saw a car stopped on the train tracks and conducted a wellness check just before 3 a.m.

A train was approaching and the officer attempted to move the stalled car.

Officer DeSantis then took her patrol car and the driver away from the tracks.

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