By Police1 Staff
GAFFNEY, S.C. — When Shirmel Smith was driving back home after visiting her husband in prison, her children would not stop crying, FOX Carolina reported.
Smith was stressed and wasn’t paying attention to how fast she was driving until she was pulled over by Trooper Christopher Mace. Smith explained to the trooper where she had been and found out Mace knew her husband and his history.
“He said, ‘I’m sorry that happened to your family’,” Smith told FOX. “He made a connection that’s going to stick here for a long time.”
After Mace gave Smith a ticket for speeding, he noticed her crying children. Mace played with Smith’s kids until they calmed down and fell asleep.
Smith told the news site getting pulled over was a blessing in disguise.
“I just thank God for sending an angel along, I could have wrecked or anything the way I was speeding,” Smith said.