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Rescuing a Baby Carriage Stop Sparks Quick Heroic Act
Springfield police officer Walt Schopf stopped a motorist on Laxer Avenue near Baltimore Pike and leaped into traffic to halt a runaway baby carriage rolling into a busy intersection. He moved it to the sidewalk as the infant cried and the mother arrived, with the 4-year-old sister nearby. The five to six month old baby was unharmed.
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