Video: Texas Motor Officer, Truck Driver Save Teen from Suicide Attempt

A motor officer with the Arlington (TX) Police Department used some quick thinking to get the assistance of a passing driver of a tractor-trailer truck to help save the life of a distraught and suicidal teenager perched on a freeway overpass.

According to Fox News , Motor Officer Deric Sheriff was working not too far from where the teen was reportedly contemplating jumping and rushed to the scene. There, he began looking for a truck tall enough to do the job of preventing the boy from falling to his possible death.

Arlington Police Chief Will Johnson said on Twitter , "We had some help from a big rig this morning as a teen was contemplating jumping from an overpass. APD Motor Officer Deric Sheriff was instrumental in directing the truck driver before the teen jumped & later landed on the trailer. Excellent crisis intervention to help this teen!"

Sheriff—who used to be a truck driver before becoming an officer—told Fox News, "That's the whole reason 99.9 percent of us got in this job is to make a difference and to help."