Texas deputy 'nearly killed' after man speeds off during traffic stop

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A police officer in central Texas was nearly killed Wednesday after she was dragged nearly half a mile by a suspect who sped away during a traffic stop, officials said.

The Williamson County Sheriff’s office said the incident happened around 3 a.m. on the side of a highway in Round Rock, located north of Austin, when the officer approached the vehicle that was sitting through multiple traffic light cycles without moving.

“He almost killed one of my deputies today," Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody told FOX7.

The suspect, identified as Jonathan Nunnally, 22, drove off while the deputy was standing next to the vehicle with the driver's door open in a dramatic moment captured on dashcam video.

“What you don’t see in the video initially is the deputy is knocking on the window and at that point the driver of the vehicle wakes up and starts to drive off at a very slow speed. The deputy knocks on the window and opens the door and the driver stops,” Chody.