SAYING HER CAR BRAKES WEREN’T WORKING. YASMIN VOSSOUGHIAN HAS
THE STORY.
>> A PREGNANT WOMAN LOSING
CONTROL OF HER CAR WITH NO WAY
TO STOP I NEED HELP.
>> MY BRAKES WON’T STOP. MY CAR
WON’T STOP. MY BRAKES AREN’T
WORKING.
>> JALEN MOCKOBEE WAS DRIVING
HOME AROUND 2 A.M. ON DECEMBER
1ST WHEN HER STEERING WHEEL
LOCKED UP AND HER BRAKES GAVE
OUT.
>> SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH. SHE
HAD A WHIRLWIND OF EMOTIONS
GOING ON AT THE TIME AND NOT
REALLY KNOWING WHAT TO DO.
>> JALEN’S MOTHER SAYS SHE
CALLED 911 WHEN SHE REALIZED SHE
NEEDED HELP.
>> I’M 20 WEEKS PREGNANT.
>> I COULD NOT DIE TODAY.
>> SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES RESPONDED
IMMEDIATELY, TRACKING DOWN HER
VEHICLE AS IT HEADED STRAIGHT
TOWARDS A FREEZING ILLINOIS
LAKE. JUST A QUARTER OF A MILE
AWAY.
>> SHE STILL CONTINUED TO LET
THAT DEPUTY, TYLER COFFEY, SPED
TOWARDS JALEN.
>> CHEVY MALIBU, WHICH WAS NOW
IN NEUTRAL, MOVING STRAIGHT DOWN
THE ROADWAY AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AS HE DROVE PAST HER. HE
POSITIONED HIS CAR DIRECTLY IN
FRONT OF HER VEHICLE AND WAITED.
I’M GOING TO HIT HIM. STOPPING
JALEN’S CAR JUST IN TIME AND
POTENTIALLY SAVING HER LIFE. AND
THE LIFE OF HER UNBORN CHILD
WITH HER DOG IN THE BACK OF THE
CAR. FOR THEM TO BE THERE AT
THAT TIME, THAT WAS JUST A
COMPLETE MIRACLE. IN A
STATEMENT, SHERIFF DIEDRICH
SAID, QUOTE, HAD THE DEPUTY NOT
BEEN ON SCENE OR DELAYED
PERFORMING THIS MANEUVER, THE
DRIVER AND VEHICLE WOULD HAVE
LIKELY GONE INTO THE WATER. UPON
REACHING THE LAKE. JALEN IS NOW
RECOVERING BUT STILL SHAKEN BY
THE INCIDENT AND THE DEPUTY. A
HOLIDAY HERO, YASMIN IS JOINING
US NOW.
>> IT IS TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY
TO WATCH SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
HOW DID JALEN’S MOM SAY SHE’S
DOING NOW? HOW IS SHE HOLDING
UP?
>> SHE’S HAVING A TOUGH TIME.
>> I THINK SHE’S HAD SOME TRAUMA
FROM THE SITUATION. SHE HAS AN
INCREDIBLY HIGH RISK PREGNANCY.
SHE’S 20 WEEKS PREGNANT. AS WE
HEARD IN THE PIECE. AND SHE
DIDN’T KNOW IF SHE WAS GOING TO
BE ABLE TO LIVE TO SEE THE NEXT
DAY OR OR LIVE TO SEE HER CHILD
BE BORN ONE DAY. AND I THINK
IT’S BEEN REALLY TOUGH
EMOTIONALLY FOR HER. OUR TEAM
HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JALEN
HERSELF, AND SHE DIDN’T
NECESSARILY WANT TO DO AN
INTERVIEW WITH US BECAUSE OF THE
SENSITIVE NATURE OF THE TOPIC
AND KIND OF WHAT SHE’S BEEN
DEALING WITH SINCE DECEMBER 1ST
IN THIS CRASH. BUT THEY SAID
THEY’RE TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE
TO THAT AND KIND OF KEEP HER
SPIRITS UP AND REALLY JUST KEEP
HER CALM BECAUSE OF HER HIGH