Illinois Deputies Save Pregnant Driver Whose Runaway Car Was Heading Straight for a Lake

nnA pregnant motorist was recently saved from plunging into a lake when her brakes failed.nnShortly after 2 a.m. on Monday, 911 received a call from a distressed woman saying her car would not stop.nnMoving at approximately 30 miles an hour, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office deputies eventually reached her on Old Route 13 near Carterville, Illinois, and found that the Chevrolet’s brake lights were on, but the car wouldn’t slow.nnThe deputies then performed a ‘rolling roadblock’ maneuver, wherein they positioned themselves in front of the distressed motorist and gradually slowed until the front bumper of her car touched the back bumper of the patrol car.nnThe deputy then applied his thankfully functional brakes, which slowed both cars until the danger was over.nnThe site of the car’s ultimate stop was just a quarter of a mile from the local Crab Orchard Lake.nnMORE RESCUES LIKE THIS: Adrift for Days in an Inflatable Tube, Woman Rescued Off Coast of Japan by Passing Sailorsnn“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,” stated Williamson County Sheriff Jeff Diederich in a Facebook post.nnEMS arrived on the scene out of “an abundance of caution,” as the driver later informed the deputy she was pregnant. [CORRECTION: An early version of this story said it took place in Missouri, rather than Illinois.]nnSHARE This Knick-Of-Time Rescue With Your Friends…