Tow truck driver called hero for helping CHP officer
Tow truck driver called hero for helping CHP officer
WEBVTT TOWN OF WILLIAMS WHERE HE WORKS. MIKE: -- >> MASALA CAR PULLED OVER. MIKE: THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER MADE HIM -- SAID HE SAW SOMETHING THAT MADE HIM RESPOND. MIKE: THE CHP SAYS THE OFFICER WAS STABBED IN THE BACK WITH A MARK JUST WITH A KNIFE, BY A DRIVER HE PULLED OVER FOR SPEEDING OVER 100 MILES PER HOUR ON INTERSTATE FIVE AND WILLIAMS. THAT IS WHEN HE JUMPED INTO ACTION TO FOLLOW THE WOUNDED OFFICERS INSTRUCTIONS. >> I TOOK THE HANDCUFFS OFF HIS BILL. I TURNED HER OVER, GOT ONE ARM, BUT THE OTHER ARM IN. MIKE: THE WOMAN ARRESTED IS HAIL E NEIL. I TALKED TO HER TO DAVID CAMERAS WERE NOT ALLOWED IN. SHE SAID YOU WAS ON HER WAY TO OREGON TO VISIT HER SISTER AND IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED, BUT DENIES SHE ATTACKED THE OFFICER. MEANWHILE, THE CHP IS GRATEFUL THAT CHRISTIAN MELENDEZ INTERVENED. >> THE GOOD SAMARITAN HE PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE. WE APPRECIATE WHAT HE DID FOR OFFICER MARTINSON. MIKE: MELENDREZ’S BOSS SAYS HE’S PROUD OF HIS 21-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE FOR HIS HEROIC ACTIONS. AND IT TURNS OUT SELOVER TOWING SPECIFICALLY TRAINS ITS DRIVERS TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OFFICERS IN TROUBLE. >> THEY ARE OUT THERE DAILY TO SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC SO I TEACH THEM TO RETURN THE FAVOR YOU KNOW, KEEP AN EYE ON THE OFFICERS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE STANDING UPRIGHT WHEN THEY GO BY. MIKE: HE GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE AND DID THE RIGHT THING. FOR HIS PART, CHRISTIAN MELENDREZ SAYS HE’S GLAD HE WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. >> I
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Tow truck driver called hero for helping CHP officer
A 21-year-old tow truck driver is being called a hero after jumping into danger to help a California Highway Patrol officer who was under attack. The incident took place in the Colusa County town of Williams late Friday night. The CHP officer was stabbed in the back with a knife after pulling over a suspected DUI driver who was allegedly speeding over 100 miles per hour. That's when Christian Melendrez jumped into action. Get the full story in the video above.
WILLIAMS, Calif. (KCRA) —
A 21-year-old tow truck driver is being called a hero after jumping into danger to help a California Highway Patrol officer who was under attack.
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The incident took place in the Colusa County town of Williams late Friday night. The CHP officer was stabbed in the back with a knife after pulling over a suspected DUI driver who was allegedly speeding over 100 miles per hour.
That's when Christian Melendrez jumped into action.
Get the full story in the video above.