ODOT hero says rescue of SH driver was ‘instinct’

Scott Swanson

An Oregon Department of Transportation employee says he was reacting out of “instinct” when he dived into a pond along Highway 20 last week to rescue a Sweet Home man from a submerged truck crash that left the victim’s truck submerged in a pond.

Troy Elverfeld broke a window in Dean H. Stillwell’s pickup Tuesday afternoon and pulled an apparently nearly unconcious Stillwell from the truck, which had been shoved into the pond…

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