SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash — Three Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies are being credited with saving a 68-year-old man from a burning pickup truck Nov. 13 on Highway 2 near Monroe.

The deputies were responding to a 911 call reporting that a Ford F-150 was ramming the back of an SUV, according to a Facebook post by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office. When deputies arrived, they learned the driver of the truck was having a medical emergency behind the wheel.

Deputies used fire extinguishers to slow the spread of the fire that had ignited at the back of the truck, and got the driver out.

Sgt. Houghtaling, a nine-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, along with Master Patrol Deputy Byrd, who has served five years, and Deputy Soule, with two-and-a-half years on the force, were involved in th

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