NORFOLK, Neb., Dec. 17 (UPI) — A Nebraska sheriff’s office released video of a daredevil deputy jumping into the cab of a moving truck to stop the vehicle after the driver was incapacitated.
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were dispatched Dec. 2 on a report of a semi truck driving recklessly on northbound Highway 81.
Sgt. Todd Volk was among the personnel dispatched to the scene. Volk said the truck did not appear to respond at all to the lights and sirens from the patrol cars.
“Deputy Kruid said he got up beside, just to look at the driver, and see if he could get his attention better, and said he [the truck driver] just had the blank stare on his face. Something wasn’t right,” Volk told KTIV-TV.
Volk said the truck began to slow down, but deputies were concerned the vehicle could fall from an upcoming viaduct and end up in the city’s busiest intersection.
“As he came by, I could see the driver’s head slumped down and felt he was not conscious and it popped in my head that we need to get this vehicle stopped. At that point in time, the truck was traveling about 20 mph, I jumped back in my patrol vehicle, punched it and got up in front and jumped out and jumped up and grabbed the hand railing and the mirror on the side of the truck and hit the breaks. When we got in the truck, the driver was sitting there and I mean we found out later he was a diabetic and was having a diabetic reaction. His blood sugar was very low at the time.”
Volk’s feat was recorded by another deputy’s dashboard camera.
Madison County Sheriff Vern Hjorth commended Volk for risking his life to rescue the driver.
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