{"id":65701,"date":"2025-07-14T19:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65701\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T19:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T19:52:16","slug":"jacksonville-officer-moves-family-out-of-harms-way-on-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/65701\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville officer moves family out of harm&#8217;s way on highway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAn officer of the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office used the bumper of his patrol vehicle to help push a family and their broken-down SUV off the highway, out of the way of other drivers.Officer Thomas K. Waters was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle on the side of the road, dangerously close to traffic during a heavy rainstorm. After pulling over, he discovered a family with children in the back seat.Not only was their car not working, but neither were their cell phones. Concerned they would be hit by a vehicle traveling at highway speed in the rain, Waters used his bumper to push the SUV out of harm&#8217;s way. Waters stayed with the family until a tow truck and relatives arrived to help.The JSO advises that during this stormy week, it&#8217;s important to slow down on the roads, make sure your headlights are on and stay alert. First Warning Weather Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.RadarSevere Weather AlertsDownload the WESH 2 News app to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist Tony Mainolfi, Eric Burris, Kellianne Klass, Marquise Meda and Cam Tran.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong class=\"dateline\">JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>An officer of the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office used the bumper of his patrol vehicle to help push a family and their broken-down SUV off the highway, out of the way of other drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Thomas K. Waters was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle on the side of the road, dangerously close to traffic during a heavy rainstorm. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis content is imported from Facebook.<br \/>\n\tYou may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.\n<\/p>\n<p>After pulling over, he discovered a family with children in the back seat.<\/p>\n<p>Not only was their car not working, but neither were their cell phones. <\/p>\n<p>Concerned they would be hit by a vehicle traveling at highway speed in the rain, Waters used his bumper to push the SUV out of harm&#8217;s way. <\/p>\n<p>Waters stayed with the family until a tow truck and relatives arrived to help.<\/p>\n<p id=\"the-jso-advises-that-during-this-stormy-week-it-is-important-to-slow-down-on-the-roads-make-sure-your-headlights-are-on-and-stay-alert\" class=\"body-text\">The JSO advises that during this stormy week, it&#8217;s important to slow down on the roads, make sure your headlights are on and stay alert. <\/p>\n<p><strong>First Warning Weather <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay with WESH 2 online and on-air for the most accurate Central Florida weather forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/wesh-2-app\/41431568\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WESH 2 News app<\/a> to get the most up-to-date weather alerts. <\/p>\n<p>The First Warning Weather team includes First Warning Chief Meteorologist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/c15dac96-e8e1-4a2f-8a7c-b0d9c1d1ede8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Mainolfi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/b84a2751-86e2-4b70-8f05-12ecc06b0236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Burris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/ccba1877-f5c2-49e3-9819-acaebc7a6d34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kellianne Klass<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/3dfc326b-9da6-4263-b1a0-92b081d5d993\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marquise Meda<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/news-team\/97bcf79a-31d8-4f11-b87a-39b3812b68f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cam Tran<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An officer of the Jacksonville Sheriff&#8217;s Office used the bumper of his patrol vehicle to help push a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":65702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,46653,46658,46657,246,46506,3188,723,46655,21379,7310,46656,46660,16047,8423,4549,46659,46510,46654,8150,11040,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,527,14164,46505],"class_list":{"0":"post-65701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-broken-down","10":"tag-broken-down-suv","11":"tag-bumper","12":"tag-family","13":"tag-first-warning-weather","14":"tag-fl","15":"tag-florida","16":"tag-harm","17":"tag-highway","18":"tag-jacksonville","19":"tag-jacksonville-officer","20":"tag-jacksonville-sheriff","21":"tag-jacksonville-sheriffs-office","22":"tag-jso","23":"tag-online","24":"tag-patrol-vehicle","25":"tag-radarsevere-weather-alertsdownload","26":"tag-rainstorm","27":"tag-road","28":"tag-thunderstorm","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-united-states-of-america","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-usa","35":"tag-water","36":"tag-way","37":"tag-wesh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114853337067979773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65701","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=65701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}