FULSHEAR, Texas -- Dashcam video shows just how close a woman came to being hit by a car after she decided to sleep on a road in Fulshear.
The Fulshear Police Department posted incredible video from early Saturday morning showing cars swerving to miss something in the road along FM 1093.
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The officer slams on his brakes when he realizes it's the body of a woman.
Video shows the officer running to the woman's aid. Fortunately, she was not injured and woke to find a police cruiser lighting up the darkened roadway.
Officers say the woman's vehicle was found stuck in a ditch about 200 yards off the road.
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The woman was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication and taken to jail.
Police say this "unfortunate mistake" could have ended with a ride to the morgue instead.
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