4 months ago in Community, Local jsalzone Photo: WHCU
OWEGO, N.Y. (WHCU) Roads were in bad shape all around the area Thursday, especially in Tioga County.
9-1-1 received several calls about a driver who ran off the road in Owego and needed help. Zone Sergeant Jason Cawley drove out to State Route 17C but didn’t find the car in question.
Zone Sergeant Jason Cawley (provided by NYSP)
In a Facebook post, State Police say Cawley saw a row of mailboxes and walked through the heavy snow to check addresses. After digging, he hit the windshield of a car…with a person stuck inside, who’d been the person desperately dialing 9-1-1. The man had been stranded for more than 10 hours, and was suffering from hypothermia and frostbite.