When State Trooper Jeff Jones pulled over Helen Smith, 87, for a traffic violation in Millard County in central Utah last Friday night, he did not know he would face a judgment call.

"Smith was driving on I-15 from Panaca in Nevada," Jones told ABC News. Jones issued a her a warning before sending her on her way.

A dashcam video from Jones' patrol car captured Smith's vehicle as she was about to drive off.

"As she went to leave, she put the car in reverse and backed into Jones' patrol car. The lady said that she had very bad eyesight, and could hardly see. Jones told the lady that she was not safe to be driving," Sgt. Timothy Royce, public information officer for the Utah Highway Patrol, told ABC News.

Smith told the trooper that she was on her way to meet with her ill son in Salt Lake City, but after contacting her family, Jones discovered the hospital was actually Ogden Regional Medical Center, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake, Jones said.

Smith was 370 miles away from her son. Jones said that out of the eight counties she traveled through in Utah, a series of Utah Highway Patrol troopers shuttled her through five of them.

Jones said he made arrangements to have the vehicle driven to a safe location, and then shuttled her to Juab County, where Trooper Jared Jensen drove her up to Utah County to Trooper Chris Bishop. Bishop then drove her to Salt Lake County, where he dropped her off to Trooper Andrew Pollard.

Utah Highway Patrol Trooper Jeff Jones (Courtesy of Utah Highway Patrol)

Trooper Pollard drove her the rest of the way to the hospital where she was reunited with her son, Royce said.

"Jones was not directed by a supervisor to do this. He recognized an urgent need and provided a solution. He saw this as a service that needed rendered and acted. It was the right thing to do," Royce told ABC News.

"I just decided she needed help and we do help shuttle people once in a while so why not her?" Jones said.

Smith could not be reached by ABC News for comment.

Utah Highway Patrol troopers escort Helen Smith, 87, to the patrol car after they determined that she was not in a condition to drive. (Courtesy of Utah Highway Patrol)