[REGIONAL NEWS] Video shows Utah trooper saving unconscious driver from oncoming train

Trooper Correa climbs toward a car on the railroad tracks as a train approaches./CBS

By Carter Evans | CBS NEWS

A Utah Highway Patrol trooper is being hailed as a hero after dashcam video shows the moment he rescued a driver from an oncoming train with just seconds to spare. Trooper Ruben Correa was on a traffic stop when he got a call about a car that had driven onto the train tracks.

The dashcam video begins after Correa arrived on the scene and shows him scrambling up an embankment to the SUV, which had an unconscious man inside. In the distance, you can see the light from the train grow larger as it gets closer to Correa and the driver.

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