It was about 9:30 Sunday night when John and Linda Amon were out on a drive.

Linda told officers that while she was behind the wheel, she was also trying to tend to her husband, who suffers from dementia. Next thing they knew they took a wrong turn and found themselves right in the middle of train tracks.

"As I started approaching the car, I thought maybe it was going to back up or continue on going, getting out," said Sergeant William Webb. "It turned left and got itself hooked on the south side of the railroad track," he said.

Webb was off duty at the time and just happened to see the whole thing unfold. He immediately sprung into action.

"As I was approaching the railroad crossing on foot, the gates came down, indicating that a train was coming," said Webb. "I just stood there and said, 'Lord don't let me witness this,'" he said.

A bystander also watching in shock, jumped in to help out.

"I started screaming just get out of the car, get out of the car," said Patti Schaeffer. "The gates came down, the lights came on and you think to yourself...'Oh no,'" she said.

Webb called for backup, while he, Schaeffer and another officer acted quickly.

"A lady put the window down and said I can't get out of the car, we're disabled," Webb said.

At one point, officers had to make a call to Norfolk Southern, to get them to stop the trains so they'd have enough time to safely remove the couple from the tracks.

"The gates had reset for some unknown reason and not seeing any trains, not knowing what was going on quite yet with the driver, we proceeded to get them out the car and get them to safety as quickly as possible," Webb said.

The couple's daughter was eternally grateful.

"It really caught us off guard," said Nora Heestand. "I'm just so grateful and I really am glad that I have my parents just, thank you," she said.