Woman thanks IMPD officers for pushing her wheelchair home after breaking down

INDIANAPOLIS – An Indianapolis woman is thanking two IMPD officers for going the extra mile after her electric wheelchair broke down on the side of the road.

A video shared by IMPD shows the moment the two officers pushed home 24-year-old Jazlyn Wilson’s power wheelchair after breaking down near 38th Street and German Church Road.

“I was just real thankful to get home because that’s all I had wanted to do that night anyway, was go home and be with my Mamaw,” Wilson said.

Jazlyn was initially stuck in the cold and dark near passing traffic. She said it was overwhelming, especially since a car crash a few years ago is why she is in a wheelchair today.

“I got hit by a car in 2020 the day before Thanksgiving,” Jazlyn told FOX59/CBS4. “So that’s where my trauma and my panic definitely came in. My mom was like, ’I’m going to need you to breathe for me. You panicking is not going to do nothing. It’s just going to make it worse for you.’”

After a few unsuccessful attempts to get the chair moving again or loaded into a car, Officer Blake Moothery told his colleague, Officer Dante Granger, that he was going to push Jazlyn’s wheelchair home.

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