A Scranton police officer used past training and quick thinking to save a DPW worker after a horrific accident.<\/p>\n
SCRANTON, Pa. \u2014 There are still traces of snow on the ground in Scranton’s South side.<\/p>\n
But at the beginning of February, snow and ice covered roadways, creating slick conditions for DPW crews working along Kirst Court.<\/p>\n
“The notes in the call stated that the pedestrian was pinned between a fence and a garbage truck,” said Ptlmn. Joseph Flesher, Scranton Police Department.<\/p>\n
Scranton Police Patrolman Joseph Flesher was the first to arrive after a DPW worker, known as Manny, was badly cut after being slammed into this rod iron fence. “When I got on scene, I saw Manny Johnson laying down on the ground with his co-workers around him. They informed me that he had a very serious cut on his leg, emphasizing how bad it was,” he said.<\/p>\n
Without hesitation and relying on his military and police training, Flesher got one of several tourniquets he keeps while working and secured it around Manny’s leg.<\/p>\n
Soon, the bleeding stopped, and the worker was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
“Manny called me, explained who he was, and that he got my number from another DPW worker. He explained to me that a doctor told him that the tourniquet being placed on his leg saved his life,” said Flesher.<\/p>\n
Flesher’s actions also caught the attention of the Scranton City Council.<\/p>\n
During their meeting on February 10, he was commended for a job well done.<\/p>\n
“As Councilman McAndrew said, went over to see the DPW worker that was injured yesterday morning in the hospital. I was told that the officer who put the tourniquet on his leg and essentially saved his life was Officer Joe Flesher. So I want to take a moment to acknowledge him and thank him for all he did for our DPW worker to save his life,” said Patrick Flynn, (D) Scranton City Council.<\/p>\n
Not one for the limelight, Flesher appreciates the acknowledgments but he knows that any of his fellow officers would’ve done the same thing. “I can honestly say I work with some of the greatest men and women in the state. We handle what needs to be handled, and we just keep going,” he said.<\/p>\n
The director of the Department of Public Works tells Newswatch 16 that Manny is recovering and doing well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Scranton police officer used past training and quick thinking to save a DPW worker after a horrific…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-123560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}