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WEBVTT New at 9. A 16- year-old is in trouble tonight - for this very scary crash in Dallas County. We first showed you the video Monday - You can see the car plowing through emergency vehicles - and hitting a deput Tonight that deputy has a message for the driver who hit him - and the fire fighter who helped save him! KCCI's Laura Terrell joins us to explain. You can see the Dallas County deputy get knocked to the ground. He knows he narrowly escaped death - and now hopes this will video will serve as a lesson for everyone! Snowy white out conditions! This video from January 28th will make your heart stop! It shows Dallas County authorities responding to a fender bender on Highway 44 - when this red SUV comes barreling through! <I WAS JUST STANDING THERE ONE MINUTE AND THE NEXT I WAS ON THE GROUND.> This is Deputy Brandon Soll in the video. It's grainy - but you can see him get knocked to the ground! <AS SOON AS I HIT THE GROUND I THOUGHT OH MY GOD - I JUST GOT HIT BY A CAR.> His body cam footage shows the powerful impact! < ) Deputy Soll landed on his left side - unable to move he laid on the freezing pavement for 20 minutes. <I REMEMBER LOOKING AT MY HAND AND IT WAS TURNING BLUE. I REMEMBER BEING COLD.> <MY FOCUS IMMEDIATELY WENT TO OUR DOWNED DEPUTY.> Dallas Center Fire Chief Joel Holand - seen here jumping out of the way - jumped into action to help Deputy Soll. <HE WAS JUST A CALMING VOICE.> <I KNEW AS LONG AS I COULD HEAR SOMEBODY THAT I WAS OK. I FIGURED IF MY HEARING STARTED GOING - TH MEANS I WAS GOING.> <THAT'S WHY MOST OF US DO THIS. IT'S TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S WHAT MAKE US WHO WE ARE.> We now know a 16 was behind the wheel. Iowa State Patrol cited him f failure to reduce speed. <HE HAD NO BUSINESS GOING AS FAST AS HE WAS GOING. NOTHING IS WORTH GETTING THERE THAT FAST. It's unclear how fast the teen was going - but authorities say it was TOO fast for the teacherous weather conditions. <YOU MAY THI THE ROADS ARE FINE, BUT IT CAN DO FROM FINE TO DANGEROUS TO DEADLY IN A SPLIT SECOND.> Deputy Soll has some lower back pain and tingling in his hand. He hopes to make a full recovery and be back at work in a few weeks. He hopes parents will show this video to the teenagers and use it as a lesson!

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A 16-year-old driver has been cited after Dallas County authorities said he sped on a snow-covered highway and narrowly hit a deputy who was responding to a crash.The Dallas County Sheriff's Office posted heart-stopping dashcam video on its Facebook page showing the close encounter on Jan. 28. Emergency response personnel were responding to a fender-bender on Highway 44 when a red SUV comes barreling through in snowy, whiteout conditions."I was just standing there one minute, and the next I was on the ground," said Dallas County sheriff's Deputy Brandon Soll. "As soon as I hit the ground, I thought, 'Oh, my gosh. I just got hit by a car.'"Soll landed on his left side and was unable to move on the freezing pavement for 20 minutes."I remember looking at my hand and it was turning blue," Soll said. "I remember being cold."Dallas Center Fire Chief Joel Chief Joel Hofland, who can be seen in the video jumping out of the way as the vehicle plows through, immediately responded to Soll."My focus immediately went to our downed deputy," Hofland said. "That's why most of us do this. It's to help other people. That's what makes us who we are.""He was just a calming voice," Soll said. "I knew as long as I could hear somebody that I was OK. I figured if my hearing started going, that means I was going."KCCI has learned that a 16-year-old was behind the wheel. The Iowa State Patrol cited him for failure to reduce speed. The teenager is scheduled to appear Feb. 28 before a Dallas County judge. Soll said he plans on being in the courtroom."He had no business going as fast as he was going," Soll said. "Nothing is worth getting there that fast."It is unclear how fast the teenage driver was going, but authorities said it was too fast for the treacherous wintry weather conditions."You may think the roads are fine, but it can go from fine to dangerous to deadly in a split second," Hofland said.Soll still has some lower back pain and a tingling in his hand. He hopes to make a full recovery and be back at work within a few weeks.He said he hopes parents will show the shocking video to young drivers and use it as a lesson.