A Centerville, Iowa police officer is lucky to be alive after surviving a tree falling on top of him during a traffic stop and it was all caught on video.
Officer Jeremy Veach pulled over a woman for driving without her lights on, while he was talking to her through the window of her SUV, Veach heard some
sounds coming from behind him.
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“I heard a couple of cracks, a very loud pop,” Veach said. “I don’t know, in hindsight, I thought holy cow a tree is falling.”
Veach amazingly limped away with only scrapes, bruises and three stitches in his elbow. “I was was picking tree bark out of my hair, it was in my ears,” Veach said. “I mean it just kind of exploded, tree crumbs everywhere.”
The woman who was pulled over also walked away from the accident and she didn’t get a ticket.
Officer Veach said this was probably the best example of how to get out of a ticket. “You know everyone asks a police officer, how do get out of a ticket? If a tree falls on you, you’re probably going to get off.”
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