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Officers Use Tourniquet To Save Life Of Man Struck By Car In Westchester Officers Use Tourniquet To Save Life Of Man Struck By Car In Westchester
Officers Use Tourniquet To Save Life Of Man Struck By Car In Westchester A man's life was saved thanks to the quick action of two officers who tended to his severe injury after he was struck by a vehicle in Westchester.  The incident happened on Saturday, Aug. 26 just before 4:30 a.m., when two Mount Vernon Police officers responded to the corner of Union Avenue and East 3rd Street on a report of a pedestrian being struck by a car.  According to the Mount Vernon Police Association, one of the officers quickly realized that the man had several cuts and an open fracture on his left leg. The officer then removed the man's clothing and fashioned a tourniqu…

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by Ben Crnic