Deputy’s message to drivers after crash

OF MY EYES. >> INCREDIBLE VIDEO IN TONIGHT THAT DEPUTY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME. YEAH, JOSE TALE. >> MENDOZA NOW OUT OF REHAB BUT STILL RECOVERING. HE SPOKE WITH NEWS FOUR'S, ADRIENNE, GO ONCE AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR OKLAHOMA >> DEPUTY TAKEOUT WINDOWS THAT SAYS HE STILL HAS A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY AND IT COULD BE WEEKS BEFORE WE PUT THE UNIFORM BACK ON AND WALKS THROUGH THE DOORS HERE. >> AT THE CANADIAN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, HE SAYS HE STILL HAS NIGHTMARES ABOUT THE MORNING OF THE CRASH. >> IT WAS JUST STARTED MONDAY. I WAS HEADING TO THE OFFICE. WHEN I NOTICE THESE VEHICLE. >> WELL, I MEAN, THE DEPUTY STOPPING THE DRIVER OF THIS BLACK CAR. STOP YOU HAVE NOT ADDED TO BE ABLE. I WAS ABOUT TO LET HIM GO WHEN. HEARD A LOUD BOOM. I DRIVE OR CRASHING INTO THE BLACK CAR. THE DEPUTY HAD PULLED OVER. YOU CAN SEE WHAT MENDOZA FLIPPING BACKWARDS LANDING IN THE GRASS. >> I SAID I'M NOT DYING TODAY.

NOT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. NOT IN FRONT OF MY GUYS. SO I DECIDE TO START BY FIGHTING. TRIED TO WORK THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. >> DID MEDICAL. >> THE FIRST PERSON TO ARRIVE TO HELP. >> HIS CLOSE FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR TROOPER JESSE GREGORY. SAME TROOPER WHO WAS HURT IN A SIMILAR CRASH ON I 42 WEEKS TAKE OUT THE WINDOWS AT NOW IN A WHEELCHAIR. HE SUFFERED BROKEN BONES TO HIS FOOT AND ARM REQUIRING SURGERY. HE SPENT ONE WEEK IN THE HOSPITAL AND ANOTHER 3 WEEKS IN REHAB. >> IT'S BEEN HARD. HE'S BEEN REALLY THANKFUL WATCHING THE IMAGES OF THE ACCIDENT. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT SOMEONE WAS WATCHING OVER ME THAT DAY. >> THE DRIVER HE PULLED OVER THE SON OF SENATE PRO TEM GREG TREAT ALSO SERIOUSLY HURT, SENDING HIM TO THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 WEEKS.

THE DEPUTY SAYS HE HAS A MESSAGE FOR DRIVERS. >> IF YOU SEE LIGHTS. >> THAT'S A MATTER. IF HE'S NOT READY. SLOW DOWN. OVER. I'M TIRED TO BE THERE IN FRANCE. >> IN CANADIAN COUNTY ADRIA GOINGS, OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4. >> UNBELIEVABLE. THE DEPUTY SAYS HE INTENDS TO WORK WITH LAWMAKERS TO FIND WAYS TO STOP DISTRACTED DRIVING. HE SAID HE MADE A PROMISE TO HIMSELF AND HIS FRIEND TROOPER GREGORY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

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