Amador County – Amador County Sheriff’s Office and the Sutter Creek Police Department issued a joint release giving details of an incident last month in which the agencies’ respective personnel helped revive a man after a crash in Sutter Creek, although the man later died.

At about 7 a.m. on June 24, Sutter Creek Police Sergeant Ken Powers was patrolling the Valley View Way area of Sutter Creek. Powers found a tan 1997 Toyota Tacoma with substantial front end damage resting against a tree. The vehicle’s safety airbag was deployed and a male subject, later identified as Jerry Orres, 73, of Sutter Creek was found behind the wheel, unconscious.

Powers checked Orres and determined that he was not breathing and had no pulse. He notified the Amador County Sheriff’s Office dispatch and requested responders. Powers then removed Orres from the vehicle and began Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation.

At that same time, Amador County Sheriff’s Deputies Diana Garrison and Joshua Cazadd arrived at the scene. Garrison assisted Powers by providing rescue breathing for Orres while Powers performed chest compressions.

Within four minutes, an American Legion Ambulance arrived at the scene and its personnel began medical intervention. Orres was transported to Sutter Amador Hospital. Orres subsequently succumbed to his medical condition the following day. The Amador County Sheriff and Coroner’s Office determined the cause of Orres’ death to be Coronary Artery Thrombosis.

Sutter Creek Police Chief Brian Klier and Amador County Sheriff Martin Ryan in a joint release last week said they were both proud of the life saving efforts of the officers and although Orres subsequently passed away, the efforts of the Powers, Garrison and Cazadd “allowed family to be present with him at the hospital before his passing.”

Ryan said “this is another positive example of the daily inter-agency law enforcement cooperation which occurs in the service of the community.” Both said everyone physically capable should make the effort to be trained in basic first aid and CPR.

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