Dallas police officer praised for comforting infant in moments after car crash
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}May 27, 2018: Dallas police officer Donald Boice is being praised after photos showed him comforting a 3-month-old infant at the scene of an accident. (Sam Hernandez/KDFW)
A Dallas police officer is being praised for comforting a 3-month-old baby in the moments after it was pulled out alive from an overturned vehicle.
Officer Donald Boice was captured cradling the infant in images taken over the weekend by a Fox 4 News photographer, which have since been shared amongst cops in the area.
"That could be my child, too,” Boice said. “And I'd want someone treating my child the same way."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dallas police say a Chevy Trailblazer driven by a family from Michigan was traveling at a high speed early Sunday when it hit an object in a Downtown Dallas construction zone, causing the vehicle to flip.
Inside were three children, ages 5, 2 and 3-months old, and their parents. The father suffered a fractured arm and a head injury, but everyone else in the car, including the 3-month-old child, Jackson, appeared to be OK, according to Fox 4 News.
"The best I can do is just kind of keep him, bounce him, sing to him the same songs that I sang to my kids when they were that age,” Boice said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say the images show a compassionate side of law enforcement that the public does not often see.