JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A quick-thinking man leaped into action to save his co-worker from a sinking pickup truck, turning a routine break outside a Jacksonville Publix into a rescue.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) said that Ryan Lauber was taking a break outside the Publix grocery store on Dunn Avenue when he suddenly heard a desperate call for help from the pond near the loading dock.<\/p>\n
Curious and concerned, Lauber investigated and spotted a pickup truck sinking into the dark water, per JSO. Without thinking twice, he jumped over a 6-foot chain-link fence and jumped in to help.<\/p>\n
Inside the truck, Lauber said he found his 19-year-old co-worker, who had just finished his shift. <\/p>\n
According to the report, Lauber’s coworker lost control of his vehicle and ended up crashing through some bushes and a fence before landing in the retention pond. <\/p>\n
JSO said he had been trapped inside for about 10 minutes and had swallowed water while trying to escape. Fortunately, Lauber found him floating and exhausted near the truck.<\/p>\n
See also: Armed robbery suspect shot, killed in officer involved shooting in Florida<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n As Lauber pulled his co-worker to safety, JSO officers, including one who was off-duty nearby, arrived on the scene. By then, JSO reported that the truck was completely submerged, with only bubbles suggesting its location. <\/p>\n Emergency crews from Jacksonville Fire and Rescue checked the driver and took him to a local hospital, where he is recovering well and is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n After the rescue, JSO officers expressed their gratitude to Lauber for his bravery and presented him with a District 6 challenge coin as a token of appreciation for his selfless act.<\/p>\n JSO reminded drivers to slow down and stay cautious, reminding everyone to remain calm and act quickly by unbuckling their seatbelt and opening or breaking a window if their vehicle ends up in water.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A quick-thinking man leaped into action to save his co-worker from a sinking pickup…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":53955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,40034,40030,3188,723,7310,8423,40033,40032,4747,40031,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-53954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bravery","10":"tag-co-worker","11":"tag-fl","12":"tag-florida","13":"tag-jacksonville","14":"tag-jso","15":"tag-lauber","16":"tag-pond","17":"tag-rescue","18":"tag-truck","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}