When a traffic accident severely injures a child, her only chance to live is in the hand of a racing team and a state police officer. The team load the child into their car and head north to Washington D.C. at great speed on a highway devoid of traffic because of the pileup. When they encounter traffic, there is a state police officer waiting to open the way with lights, siren, and a powerful Chrysler. Together they race for a helicopter waiting at the southernmost limit of its fuel reserve.