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Watch: Dash camera shows close call on icy Illinois road

Last week's winter storm led to a close call that troopers with the Illinois State Police are calling a "miracle on the ice."

WAYNE COUNTY, Ill. — Dash camera video captured what state police in Illinois are calling a "miracle on the ice."

An out of control truck narrowly missed two troopers and a woman as they changed her tire along an icy road in southern Illinois on November 12.

The troopers pulled the woman out of the way into a ditch just in time and the truck passed over her. She was treated for minor injuries. The troopers weren't injured.

The dash camera also captured the reaction of a second woman who was sitting in the squad car

The truck driver was ticketed for failing to reduce speed to avoid a crash.

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