While on patrol near Overton, Officer Nathan Bradford received a call that a driver had lost control of

her vehicle, launching it over a twenty foot embankment and into the Muddy River. Officer Bradford

arrived on scene to find the overturned car quickly sinking into the soft river bottom with an injured

elderly woman and her dog trapped inside. He immediately shed his heavy gear and jumped into the

river. While chest-deep and sinking in the mud, he managed to pry open the car door, lift the woman

and her dog up and out to another officer standing on top of the car, and save their lives.IMG_1479.CR2
8/29/2014 -- 10:23:53