Colorado deputy saves elderly man from a propane leak in his home gas leak

By Aspen Andrews

TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KKTV) - A Teller County deputy was at his home preparing for his shift when the Teller County Dispatch Center contacted him about a 9-1-1 call on Nov. 30.

The sheriff’s office said, on the other end of that 9-1-1 call, a man was moaning into the phone unable to form words. Deputy Colton Sherraden was called in to help. Sherraden clocked in and raced to the home of the 9-1-1 caller.

When Sherraden arrived, he heard someone moaning inside and could smell propane from outside the window. The sheriff’s office said entered the home to find an elderly man on the floor unable to speak.

Quickly, the deputy opened windows and doors to create airflow and cross breeze through the propane-soaked home. The sheriff’s office said he quickly found the source of the propane and shut it off before it could injure him or the elderly man anymore.

“In doing so, he eliminated the risks to the elderly man, himself, and the additional arriving first responders,” the sheriff’s office said. “Deputy Sherraden’s proximity, quick thinking, and decisive actions at great risk to himself were all factors in saving the life of one of our fellow Teller County residents.”

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