He thought she was talking on her cell phone in violation of Austin, Texas law.

Instead, he found a woman fighting for her life.

Officer Dustin Clinkscales pulled over the woman and realized something was wrong the moment he reached the driver’s side window.

“Are you ok?  You choking?” you can hear the officer asking on a video recorded from the police cruiser’s dashcam.

The woman was choking on a biscuit and couldn’t breathe.  She passed out the moment Clinkscales opened the door and pulled her out.  The officer kept her from hitting her head on the ground and then performed the Heimlich maneuver until the biscuit popped out.

The woman turned out to be the daughter of an Austin police detective.

“I gave him a hug,” says Detective Damon Dunn.  “She was lucky he was there.”

“Well this will be an example of what officer’s do every day. They step up to the moment, they help save lives. They do the job they need to do whether it is the use of force, or it is saving someone from choking,” says Lt. Robert Hightower, Officer Clinkscales Commander, Austin Police Dept.

“It’s really amazing how quickly he recognized that something was wrong, how quickly he acted and cleared her passageway,” Austin Police Department Commander Michael Eveleth told KVUE.com.