Semi Narrowly Misses Ohio State Trooper, Driver in Dash Cam Video

The driver credited the trooper with saving his life.

ByABC News
February 28, 2015, 11:20 AM

— -- A Ohio state trooper has been hailed a hero after dash cam video captured him saving a driver from being hit by an oncoming semi truck.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol released video Friday showing Trooper Stephen Zientek after he pulled over on I-475 to help a driver with a dead car battery, according to ABC affiliate WTVG in Toledo, Ohio.

The video shows Zientek invite the driver, Mike Celusta, to his squad car to warm up before suddenly he yells at Celusta and they jump over the guardrail.

Seconds later, the video shows the semi crash into the two cars.

"It was just Hollywood-type script and now that I can see it, it makes it even more surreal," Celusta told WTVG after watching the dash cam footage.

Celusta said he believes Zientek saved his life.

"As soon as he says, ‘Look out!" I just went," Celusta told WVTG, "I couldn't see what was happening, so I just jumped over the rail."

The truck driver was cited, reports WVTG.