Caught on Camera: CHP Officer Had This Stranded Pleasanton Motorist's Back

PLEASANTON, CA — Triple digit temperatures did not deter this California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer from helping a motorist stranded on an I-680 off-ramp in Pleasanton Thursday afternoon.

Pleasanton resident Jill Hoyman spotted Officer Ken Tidwell as he pushed the woman’s car to safety.

“It was 104 degrees, a car ran out of gas and the officer was pushing her heavy SUV uphill all the way around the bend onto Bernal Avenue,” Hoyman told Patch.

Moved by his efforts, and feeling that he went above and beyond his job description, she snapped a photo.

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Photo courtesy Jill Hoyman