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MAGNOLIA, Texas - A Houston-area police officer is being praised for the videotaped rescue of an alleged drunken driver just moments before her car is hit by a train.
Magnolia Cpl. Jose Lopez had the dashboard camera on in his patrol car when he approached a vehicle that appeared struck on some railroad tracks.
Lopez is heard asking the 26-year-old woman, who says "I can walk," how much she had to drink as he assisted her early Saturday. She replied: "Not much."
Lopez is seen escorting the woman away from her car, which is hit by the train less than a minute later and dragged about 150 yards.
The woman faces a DWI charge.
Police Chief Domingo Ibarra says Lopez is a hero.
Magnolia is 30 miles northeast of Houston.
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