DHS: ICE officer on way home from work renders lifesaving care to driver involved in crash

The Brief

  • An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer is being hailed a hero after he helped rescue a seriously injured driver from a crash in Missouri.
  • The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says the crash between a vehicle and a tractor-trailer happened outside of Festus, Missouri.
  • DHS says officer Curtland Sawyer witnessed the crash and performed lifesaving medical care on the motorist who was involved in the crash.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on his way home from work is being hailed a hero after he helped rescue a seriously injured driver from a crash in Missouri.

What we know:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says ICE officer Curtland Sawyer was traveling home following duty at the St. Louis, Missouri Sub-Office when he witnessed the collision between a vehicle and a tractor-trailer outside of Festus, Missouri.

DHS says Sawyer performed lifesaving medical care on the motorist who was involved in the crash, placing a tourniquet on the driver’s arm to stop life-threatening bleeding.

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