Quick Thinking By Trooper Saves Man's Life on A.C. Expressway

An off-duty New Jersey State Police Officer saved a man's life on March 5th on the Atlantic City Expressway.

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According to State Police, Trooper Kenneth Minnes was off-duty when he came upon an accident on the Expressway. With assistance from motorists, Minnes moved victims of the accident from a car before it was fully engulfed in flames. Minnes then applied a make-shift tourniquet to one of the victims' arms to stop heaving bleeding.

More details are available from the NJ State Police's Facebook page: