POLICE OFFICERS SAVE WOMAN'S LIFE

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- Several calls were made Sunday afternoon about a woman leaning over the bridge at the Gaston Street Extension.

Police Sgt. Willie Vaughn responded to the incident and found a 29 year-old female who threatened to either jump onto Highway 321 south or lay across the train tracks to get hit by a train.

According to Vaughn's report, he asked the woman what she was doing.

"She told me she was waiting for a train and I asked her why," said Vaughn. "She told me she wanted to die."

Vaughn began talking to the woman after calling for officer Dave Mocanu and Lincoln EMS. As Vaughn was talking with the victim, Mocanu came over to the other side of the woman.

The report indicated they pulled the woman away from the edge of the tressel. The victim began resisting officers and became dead weight when they tried to take her to the waiting EMS ambulance.

The officers carried the victim to the ambulance and she was taken to Kings Mountain Hospital for evaluation.

The Carolina Scoop will not reveal the victim's identity.