- Robert Hearnes jumped through a truck window, wrestled the keys away from the suspected intoxicated driver.
- The driver was a threat to homes, vehicles, and families making their way through the Dundee following a Memorial Park concert.
- While officers acknowledged the danger of what he did, they praised his bravery and presented him with a sticker on the scene. Hearnes used the moment to remind the public to plan ahead and never drink and drive.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
A man intervened to stop an allegedly intoxicated driver from injuring people in Omaha’s Dundee neighborhood following a Memorial Park concert.
21-year-old Robert Hearnes was in the area when crowds of families were making their way through the streets of Dundee after the Memorial Park concert. People nearby told him the driver had already hit multiple vehicles…