Law enforcement officers are often in the news for heroic rescues of everyday citizens. Sometimes, those citizens get a chance to return the favor.
Andrew Cavazos and Jorge Martinez, two Lubbock, Texas, sheriff’s deputies, had just finished helping a motorist change a flat tire on Interstate 27 and 98th Street Monday when a semi truck rear-ended their patrol vehicle, KCBD-TV reported.
The crash crumpled the cruiser and pinned the two deputies against the guard rail. Cavazos was left dangling precariously from an overpass.
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“Citizens at a nearby gas station witnessed the crash and quickly helped rescue the deputies before officers arrived,” the news outlet reported.
Using ropes and ladders, the bystanders helped hold Cavazos to keep him from falling and eventually hoisted him
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