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CLOSE CALL: Video shows JoCo deputy almost struck by car

Posted at 7:19 PM, May 20, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-20 20:19:24-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dash cam video posted Monday by the Johnson County Sheriff shows just how close a deputy came to being struck by a commercial van.

A sheriff’s spokesman said the incident occurred early Friday night, May 17, in the eastbound lanes of W 179th Street just west of U.S. 69 Highway.

Video showed the deputy working a traffic stop when he went to return to his vehicle. As he turned around, a white commercial van heading eastbound narrowly missed the deputy.

The sheriff’s office posted the video as a reminder to slow down and move over for emergency vehicles.