--- title: "Video: Hero Cop Jumps On Runaway Semi Truck, Saves Driver" description: "Madison County deputy is a real life action star." date: "2015-12-17" modified: "2015-12-17" authors: - name: "Max Goldberg" job_title: "Associate Editor" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/1344/video-hero-cop-jumps-on-runaway-semi-truck-saves-driver" categories: - "News" - "Watch This" tags: - "Semi Truck" --- # Video: Hero Cop Jumps On Runaway Semi Truck, Saves Driver ![]() *\www.thedrive.com* Emergency service personnel risk life and limb to help those in need, and this video is a prime example. Caught on another cruiser’s dashcam, the footage shows a semi truck lumbering down Highway 81 in Norfolk, Nebraska, blowing past Madison County law enforcement. Deputies weight their options over the radio as the truck approaches a busy intersection. When it becomes apparent that the truck driver is incapacitated, one of the deputies breaks away from the pack and positions himself ahead of the impromptu convoy. In a scene straight out of *CHiPS*, he then jumps onto the runaway truck, opens the door, reaches across the driver and applies the brake, bringing the vehicle to a halt. Deputies are then able to pull the driver from the vehicle. A runaway semi is no joke. If it wasn’t for the actions of one quick-thinking and heroic deputy, who knows how this situation might have unfolded. https://youtube.com/embed/NTQUYG1gCZw ## Author Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm. ### Author social links [Instagram]()