Hudson Valley Cop Jumps Off Overpass To Help Boy

HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY — A Hastings-on-Hudson police officer was on her way to work Friday when she spotted a boy running on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Yonkers. Police Officer Jessie Ferreira Cavallo watched as the boy climbed over a guard rail and jumped to the concrete below from the overpass.

After she pulled her car over, she grabbed first-aid items and jumped after the boy, the Journal News said. She said the child looked dead.

She was joined by another woman, who was wearing a military uniform.

Cavallo put a neck brace on the child, who was said to be 12 or 13, miamiherald.com said, and the women stayed with him giving him first aid until an ambulance arrived.

The child is being treated at Westchester Medical Center for broken bones and is expected to survive, News 12 said.

He is a student at Andrus School for vulnerable children, which is about 2 miles from the overpass where he jumped.

Image via Shutterstock.