Taco Bell worker saves drive-thru customer just before car drags her to highway, cops say
A Taco Bell employee is being recognized by Oklahoma police for saving a customer from serious injury.
Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. June 18 to a call about an auto-pedestrian accident at the fast-food restaurant, according to a Facebook post from Pryor Creek Police Chief Jeremy Cantrell.
An older woman in the drive-thru dropped her change outside her car and opened her door to get it, police said.
Her car, still in drive, started to roll forward, dragging her outside of it, according to police.
An employee, whose name was not shared, “witnessed what was happening and ran outside and stopped the vehicle shortly before it made its way onto Highway 69,” Cantrell said.
Cantrell said the employee who jumped into action kept the customer from being “seriously injured.”
The older woman had “some abrasions, but otherwise was OK,” police said.
Pryor Creek is about a 45-mile drive northeast from Tulsa.
This story was originally published June 19, 2024 at 11:21 AM with the headline "Taco Bell worker saves drive-thru customer just before car drags her to highway, cops say."
