ROAD HERO
Moment crossing guard cop saves student from getting hit by car that fails to stop in time and is sent flying herself
A HERO cop has been praised after her quick thinking prevented a student from being hit by a passing car.
Footage shows Cpl Annette Goodyear, from the North East Police Department in Maryland, rushing the child out of the way on a crosswalk although she was struck by the car and fell to the street.
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The video was released by Cecil Country Executive Danielle Hornberger following the incident Friday outside North East Middle School.
Goodyear can clearly be seen in the middle of the road and extending her arm to get the driver to stop as the student approaches the crossing, but just moments later the vehicle can be seen entering the shot and strikes the officer.
In the footage the conditions on the road appear to be wet but it is unclear if this was a factor in the drive’s vehicle entering the crosswalk while someone was crossing.
Goodyear, who has been a crossing guard for 14 years, said she had never seen anything like what had happened.
She told Washington DC’s her split-second reaction was to get the student out of the way of the oncoming car.
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"It was strange. As I’m lying there I’m thinking to myself this actually did happen. I didn’t even know what to think about at that point," Goodyear said. "It didn’t seem real as it was happening."
Goodyear added she only cared about keeping the children safe.
"For me, I’m a parent as well, and it’s like I just want to make sure all these children are safe, and it didn’t matter if I was struck or not," she said.
After the officer left hospital having been checked over, she went to see the student to make sure she was okay.
"She came down the stairs saw me standing there and as she was walking toward the door she was getting teary-eyed, and you could see it and when she got teary-eyed, then her dad started getting teary-eyed, and we all started at that point," Goodyear said. "I was just so thankful she was standing there and that she was okay."
The Cecil County executive told the station she was "incredibly grateful" for what Goodyear had done.
"It was an amazing act of heroism," County Executive Hornberger said. "Truly, that is what we envision of to protect and serve. That’s what we want in our community, and it’s just humbling; it's breathtaking; it’s amazing, and we’re just so proud to have Cpl. Goodyear in our community."
The driver of the car was issued with four citations, including failure to stop at a yield sign before entering a crosswalk and negligent driving.
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