Good Samaritans run to save mother and infant twins after car struck by pursuit suspects

Employees of a martial arts school in Missouri were quick to respond and help a mother and her babies after a rollover crash. They credited their training for enabling them to rescue the family in need.

FENTON, Mo. — Employees at a martial arts business in Fenton rushed to save a mother and her twin eight-month-old babies after their vehicle was struck during a police pursuit involving federal officers on Interstate 44 in Fenton.

Surveillance video captured the moment a car being pursued by the DEA and Homeland Security struck the woman’s car on Wednesday.

Those who helped rescue them said it was a miracle they walked away alive.

The woman’s car flipped multiple times from the interstate, over the fence, and onto South Highway Drive before it landed in front of Xtreme Krav Maga & Fitness in Fenton. 

“All of a sudden, I heard a car crash, screeching noise, and my fellow employee, Lindsay, was here at the front counter, and she said, ‘Oh, that’s not good,'” said Dustin Pluth, a manager at the business.

Within seconds, Pluth sprang into action, running outside to the car.

“It was just kind of an instinct thing. Once I saw the car rolling, coming to a halt, and running up to it, I found a mom and two babies inside,” he said.

Pluth cut the mom’s seatbelt off to get her out and pulled her twin babies out of the sunroof. Then another employee, Lindsay Cross, comforted the mom while walking them inside to get warm.

“She was very terrified of just being in a car wreck number one, not knowing what was going on. She didn’t know what the outcome was, and then she was obviously worried about her kids,” Pluth said.

The business offers self-defense and martial arts classes, as well as medical training and trauma-one classes, which teach people how to become first responders.

Pluth said it’s training that helped them rescue the family.

“Luckily, the good people in this scenario had a few scratches on them, but it could’ve been a worse Christmas. And as a dad, kids being injured is the worst fear ever,” he said.

Of all places for a car accident to end, Pluth said it was the best result of a bad situation.

“She got handled and cared for, and the babies were cared for probably as quickly as we possibly could do. It’s definitely a Christmas miracle that it happened here, and they came as unscathed as possible,” Pluth said.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said several suspects were taken into custody following the federal police pursuit.

Pluth said the mom was a little banged up, but thankfully, they’re all doing well.

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