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Heart-stopping police dash-camera footage shows an out-of-control car spin across a median and hit a stopped car and an officer making a traffic stop in Fairfax County, Virginia. The crash could have ended in tragedy — but the officer saw the car coming and ran.

Video released by Fairfax County police on Tuesday shows an officer making a traffic stop on southbound Fairfax County Parkway near Braddock Road at about 11:40 a.m. Monday. The officer has a gray sedan pulled onto the right shoulder and is speaking to the driver through the passenger window.

Suddenly, a black sedan speeds around a curve, spins out, screams across the grass median and spins backward. The officer sees it happening and starts to run.

The cars collide head-on and the striking vehicle spins, clipping the officer’s right leg and then smashing into the police cruiser.

If the officer had not run, he may have lost his life, or at a minimum, his legs.

The officer popped back up and jumped on his radio.

"My cruiser was hit, driver was hit, trying to check on injuries,” he said.