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Ariz. medic recalls saving officer in wrecked patrol car

“Initially, you get that [it] kinda takes your breath away feeling, but then you have to compartmentalize it,” he said when recalling response to the rollover

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PHOENIX, Ariz. — FOX10 spoke with a Arizona Department of Public Safety Officer/Paramedic who responded to a rollover crash on the Beeline Highway that involved one of his own officers Monday afternoon.

The accident happened near Payson during the height of the monsoon storm that brought heavy wind and rain to the area.

Officer/Paramedic Russ Dodge rescued one of his own Monday from a wrecked patrol car along State Route 87 south of Payson. Stormy weather posed a threat, but not enough to keep the chopper from landing at the crash site.

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