City honors crew for saving a life in on-the-job medical emergency

A city Streets and Stormwater Division ditch crew, with help from employees of Express Staffing, saved a life recently and were honored Monday with a resolution during the City Council’s regular meeting.

Raeford Odom, an Express Staffing employee, collapsed on Aug. 30 while mowing and maintaining a large ditch in the 100 block of Pineview Street, which is in the vicinity of Eastern Avenue Park.

City employees DeWayne Pride, Nathaniel Pittman and Kenith Winstead and three other employees of Express Staffing — D’nidric Gary, Melvin Cotton and Donavon Jones — realizing Odom was in extreme distress, went into action.