Troopers praised for saving woman who ran onto freeway

Thu, Aug 3, 2017 (3:53 p.m.)

The Nevada Highway Patrol is praising two troopers for running in to traffic on Interstate 15 to save a woman who on two different occasions ran onto the freeway.

The unidentified troopers were awarded a medal by the Nevada Department of Public Safety, officials said today.

The incidents happened earlier this year exactly two months apart on I-15 near Silverado Ranch Boulevard, officials said.

In both cases, the same distressed woman ran onto the freeway with a trooper following her and getting her out of harm’s way, officials said.

“Troopers constantly make split-second decisions, and their decisions and actions that day saved the life of a young woman,” officials said.

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