This is the heart-stopping moment a Florida sheriff’s deputy brought a baby back to life on the side of the road after a devastating car crash.
Deputy Sgt. Dave Musgrove came across the catastrophic crash along a main roadway in Englewood, about 50 miles north of Fort Myers, around 7:37 pm on February 8.
Bodycam and dashcam footage shows the hero deputy running to the scene, rescuing one child from the mangled car, flagging down a member of the public for help before returning to the wreckage.
The shocking footage shows Musgrove extracting the second infant – named Lola Foley – from the crushed vehicle and taking the unresponsive child in its car seat to the side of the road.
After performing chest compressions while soothing the children’s distraught mother Kayleigh Foley the baby finally inhales and Musgrove detects a pulse.
Deputy Sgt. Dave Musgrove came across the catastrophic crash along a main roadway in Englewood, about 50 miles north of Fort Myers, around 7:37 pm on February 8
Bodycam and dashcam footage shows the hero deputy running to the scene, rescuing one child from the mangled car
Footage shows Musgrove extracting the infant from the crushed vehicle and taking the unresponsive child in its car seat to the side of the road
The Foleys’ vehicle had been struck by a motorcycle travelling at more than 100 miles per hour, a collision that killed the motorcyclist.
‘My baby, no! She’s right there’ Kayleigh could be heard screaming from the car as Musgrove approached in the moments after the crash.
‘My baby, I need my baby’ the mother can be heard shouting in desperation as Musgrove worked to free the trapped car seat.
‘Is she dead, please, is she dead?’ Kayleigh then pleads by the side of the road.
The hero deputy called for EMS support but was forced to begin life-saving treatment before they arrived on scene.
The mother and her two children are expected to recover, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
The baby, named Lola, has regained some mobility in her legs and arms since being hospitalized after the accident, although she has continued to have frequent seizures, said her grandfather, Tim Foley told CBS.
Lola is largely back to her normal self, her grateful family says – and Sgt. Musgrove has since reunited with her, after being asked to become the infant’s honorary uncle.
‘It was a miracle that the officer was right there, witnessed the accident, and got to her right away,’ Lisa Foley, the baby’s grandmother, told the broadcaster.
Sgt Dave Musgrove is pictured with baby Lola Foley, who he saved after a horrific motorcycle-car collision in Florida
Sgt Musgrove is pictured with Lola, her mom Kayleigh and her older sister in hospital. The infant is recovering well from her ordeal
‘Is she dead, please, is she dead?’ the mother (pictured in white) is heard pleading by the side of the road as the deputy performs chest compressions on her unresponsive child
After performing the chest compressions while soothing the child’s distraught mother the baby finally inhales and Musgrove detects a pulse
The hero deputy called for EMS support but was forced to begin life-saving treatment before they arrived
‘The actions of Sgt. Musgrove are to be commended,’ Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummel said in a statement.
‘His poise and calm demeanor in a scene of chaos and tragedy ultimately saved the life of a beautiful child.
‘This was a senseless accident that resulted in a life lost, but it would have been two lives had Dave not been there.
Adding: ‘Still, I offer my thoughts and prayers to the friends and family of the motorcyclist and I ask that you keep this mother and her children in your prayers.’