Heart-rending moment officer distracts young girl as her family are pulled from car crash
THIS is the heartrending moment a police officer was forced to distract a little girl while her parents and three siblings were pulled from a crash scene.
The heart-rending moment the officer distracted the toddler from the scene
The image has caused a frenzy on social media after it was posted by witness Jessica Matrious.
The family were involved in a fatal collision after their car blew a tire and it spiralled out of control.
Although the girl's identity is unknown, police confirmed her father had tragically died in the crash.
Ambulances took the child, her mother and three siblings to a hospital in Brighton, Colorado where they received treatment.
Police confirmed nobody in the car was wearing a seatbelt.
The emergency services were called to the scene
Ms Matrious told NBC News: "They took an extreme sharp right turn and just immediately started to roll.
"I pulled over, obviously, and started running to the field to see what I could do.
"It's so horrible to see something like that happen."