A retired Georgia fire chief was arrested for failing to remove his car while he rescued a woman from a crash, according to a traffic incident report from the Georgia State Patrol.
Retired Griffin Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Rick Rickerson parked his Toyota Tundra on the shoulder of a highway in Pike County on Oct. 10 and rushed to aid a woman whose car crashed and ran off the road, according to the report. The woman was found slumped over and not breathing, so Rickerson moved her across the two front seats and rendered aid, according to the report.
Thanks in part to Rickerson, the injured woman is alive and being treated at a rehabilitation center in McDonough, Georgia. She has a broken arm and cannot move her legs. She was hospitalized at Grady Memorial for weeks.