Aug 3, 2022
Lincolnton NC – A Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputy has been credited with saving a man from jumping from a bridge into the South Fork River.
Deputy H. Prater was on routine patrol August 1, 2022 on Long Shoals Road when he came upon a man sitting partially over a concrete guardrail on the bridge over the South Fork River.
Deputy Prater stopped his patrol vehicle near the man and could tell he was emotional and upset.
The officer who recently worked a domestic case involving the 21-year old man was able to talk to him and pull him from the guardrail while he was looking down at the river.
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Additional patrol units arrived on the scene to assist in the incident.
The man agreed to be transported to Atrium – Lincoln for evaluation.
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