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Watch Illinois deputy save frantic driver in runaway car from plunging into a lake (video)

Carla Sinclair
Dec 05, 2024
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An Illinois woman driving at 2:00 a.m. Monday night frantically called 911 when she realized that her brakes weren't working. To make matters worse, she was driving downhill.

"I'm 20-weeks pregnant, I cannot die today," the panicked driver told the dispatcher, perhaps aware that the road she was on was about to become …

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