A BURLINGTON POLICEMAN IS CREDITED WITH SAVING A MAN’S LIFE EARLY THIS(FRI) MORNING.
OFFICER CHRIS CHIPREZ WAS ON ROUTINE PATROL IN THE DANKWARDT PARK AREA, WHEN HE SAW A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE PARKED UNDER A TREE. AS HE GOT CLOSER, HE NOTICED A MAN STANDING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK…THROWING A ROPE OVER A TREE LIMB…AND TYING THE OTHER END AROUND HIS NECK. LIEUTENANT ADAM SCHAEFER SAYS CHIPREZ GOT THERE JUST AS THE 67-YEAR OLD MAN JUMPED…LIFTING HIM UP AND CUTTING THE ROPE. A BURLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT AMBULANCE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE A FEW MOMENTS LATER AND TOOK THE MAN TO GREAT RIVER MEDICAL CENTER FOR EVALUATION.
