Dallas Workers Save Colleague From Water
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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - A group of Dallas city workers saved a colleague after his pickup truck plunged into a cold creek and stranded him up to his neck in water.
A bystander videotaped Tuesday's rescue as the workers broke a window of the water-filled cab to reach the driver.
Authorities are trying to determine if a medical issue caused him to lose control and drive into White Rock Creek on a morning when temperatures were in the 40s.
The workers were driving by and noticed something in the water, then recognized it as the brake lights of a city vehicle. The workers did not even know that the man was a friend until they were close enough to see his face.
The video shows workers scrambling on top of the swamped truck bed to reach the driver. "He was already cold and shivering, and the water was already up to his head, and I'm trying to help him to shore," recalled worker Brent English.
He was alert when transported to a Dallas hospital. His name and further details on his condition were not immediately available.
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