Dramatic footage shows ‘hero’ cop sprinting after a moving SUV with no driver and STOPPING it with his body weight as the car barreled towards kids leaving a high school
- A Connecticut cop was branded a hero after he stopped an SUV without a driver from plowing into a group of high school students
- Cops said Bridgeport school resource officer Carlos Carmo Jr. was working when he saw the SUV moving downhill on Boston Avenue at 2.30 pm
- He ran after the moving car and stopped it as it hurtled towards pedestrians
- The car had someone in the passenger seat and backseat but it had no driver
A Connecticut cop was branded a hero after he stopped an SUV without a driver from plowing into a group of high school students.
Police said Bridgeport school resource officer Carlos Carmo Jr. was working when he saw the SUV moving downhill on Boston Avenue at 2.30 pm last Monday.
There was someone in the passenger seat and backseat, but no driver. The black car was rolling through moving traffic.
A Connecticut cop was branded a hero after he stopped an SUV without a driver from plowing into a group of high school students
Police said Bridgeport school resource officer Carlos Carmo Jr., (pictured), was working when he spotted the SUV rolling downhill on Boston Avenue at 2.30 pm last Monday
It was moving towards a barrier and a group of children who were making their way home from school.
Officer Carmo noticed the runaway SUV and immediately ran to stop it before a tragic accident happened.
Footage shows him running alongside the car and reaching for the passenger side door. He then managed to stop the vehicle as his feet slid along the ground.
Bridgeport school resource officer Carlos Carmo was on his normal shift when he saw the car moving without a driver but with a passenger in the seat and backseat
The black SUV was moving towards a group of students who finished school nearby
Carmo said he started shouting at students on the sidewalk to stand clear of the vehicle when it started moving
‘My adrenaline basically kicked in at that point. I used my strength while dragging my feet along the ground, pavement, before the SUV could collide with anyone or anything,’ he said.
‘We go through a lot of scenarios, but that’s not a scenario they teach us in the academy, Carmo told ABC’s Good Morning America.
‘That’s just one of those things where your instinct kicks in and you basically do what you got to do to keep these kids safe.’
‘I was just thinking in my mind, ‘I got to find a way to stop this,’ Carmo recalled.
In the footage Carmo is seen running after the moving car in a bid to stop it before an accident
Carmo received minor injuries during the incident and received treatment at hospital before he was released
Carmo said he started shouting at students on the sidewalk to stand clear of the vehicle when it started moving.
‘I was just thinking in my mind, ‘I got to find a way to stop this,’ Carmo claimed.
‘They all had headphones on and I was screaming at them,” Carmo said of the oblivious students. They basically didn’t hear me. I don’t even think they knew what was going on until it was over.’
Carmo received minor injuries during the incident and received treatment at hospital before he was released.
‘The people in the car as I was holding it and trying to stop it … were freaking out a little bit, they were screaming,’ Carmo.
No one else was injured following the incident and Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim said he will organize a ceremony in Carmo’s honor.
‘Officer Carmo has been with the Bridgeport Police Department for four years. He is being recognized for his bravery, selflessness, and quick thinking in this emergency situation that could have been tragic had he not intervened,’ Bridgeport police said in a press release.