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Man lifts car off of pinned Fla. trooper

The trooper suffered non-life threatening injuries

By Police1 Staff

TAMPA, Fla. – A Florida man is being hailed as a hero after he lifted a car off of a trooper who was pinned underneath it.

According to Fox 13, Kenny Franklin was in an Uber Thursday when his driver suffered a seizure and lost control of the vehicle.

“His foot is accelerating on the gas, and instantly, I’m in the back seat wondering, ‘Okay, my life is pretty much over at this point,’” Franklin told Fox 13.

Franklin managed to get control of the vehicle and take it off the road. That’s when Trooper Jack Hypes pulled up behind the car and the Uber driver woke up in a panic.

As Hypes exited his vehicle to assess the situation, the confused driver put the car in reverse and pinned the trooper.

“Adrenaline was racing,” Franklin told the news channel. “Your heart, you know, is going a million miles an hour, and all you’re thinking about at that time is this, this needs to end well.”

Franklin managed to lift the vehicle off of the trooper, saving his life. Hypes suffered non-life threatening injuries.

Franklin says he was glad he could help.

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