Woman diagnosed with brain tumor after being pulled over by cops who thought she was drunk

A woman is thanking her lucky stars she was pulled over by cops on suspicion of driving drunk last year, after the traffic stop saw her diagnosed with a brain tumor that doctors said, if left unchecked, could have killed her.

On December 2, police were called to U.S. Highway 17 North in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, amid reports the driver – Tamara Hall – was driving erratically, swerving and repeatedly hitting the road’s shoulder.

Once stopped, Hall told the two Mount Pleasant police officers that she was suffering from a debilitating headache.

Initially believing the woman to be drunk, officers soon discerned Hall was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

Suspecting the woman was in the midst of a medical emergency, the officers transported her to a hospital for evaluation where she was diagnosed with the malignant brain tumor, which required immediate surgery. 

The case dates to December 2, when police were called to U.S. Highway 17 North in Mount Pleasant amid reports the driver, Tamara Hall, was driving erratically, leading officers to pull her over on suspicion of DUI. At the time, Hall told officers she was suffering from a headache

The Mount Pleasant Police Department shared the woman’s story in a heartwarming post to the force’s Facebook page Wednesday, that revealed she recently met with the officers to express her gratitude for likely saving her life

Now on the mend, Hall credits the quick-thinking officers with saving her life – and recently met with them to share her thanks.

The Mount Pleasant Police Department shared the woman’s story in a heartwarming post to the the force’s Facebook page, that revealed she recently reached out to and met with the officers who likely saved her life.

‘On February 19, 2023, Ms. Palmer reached out to the Mount Pleasant Police Department for a follow up,’ a rep for the force wrote Wednesday.  

‘She stated that once she was at the hospital, they located a brain tumor,’ the post went on to reveal.

Hall then told police she received treatment at the hospital, and ‘immediately underwent an 8 hour procedure.’

Today, officers wrote, Hall ‘is doing great’ – and even showed up at the Mount Pleasant Police Department in person to give her thanks to the officers, who she now views as saviors.

‘ Ms. Palmer feels that these officers absolutely saved her life,’ the post continued, identifying the lawmen who pulled Palmer over as a possible intoxicated driver as Patrolman First Class James Aton and Patrolmen First Class Raymond Schoonmaker.

‘Without their quick analysis of the situation,’ the department wrote, ‘the outcome could have ended differently.’

As for Hall, the officers said, she is now doing well, and is on the road to recovery. Aton and Schoonmaker, meanwhile, is being praised for their heroics by residents of the Charleston suburb.

The department did not release video of the December encounter, which saw the officers call Palmer an ambulance after discerning she was undergoing an episode.