Horseshoe Bay honors staffer for crash response

  • A young woman was lucky to have both a good samaritan and city employee Gerrad Cranfill (not pictured) to render air when her car went into Lake LBJ in June. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
    A young woman was lucky to have both a good samaritan and city employee Gerrad Cranfill (not pictured) to render air when her car went into Lake LBJ in June. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
  • Gerrad Cranfill, left, looks back to make sure the car in Lake LBJ he tied up to a tree is still secure while an unidentified City of Horseshoe Bay staffer checks out the damage done to a post at the water’s edge. Cranfill is credited with helping extract a motorist from the car after it went off FM 2147 into the water on June 15. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
    Gerrad Cranfill, left, looks back to make sure the car in Lake LBJ he tied up to a tree is still secure while an unidentified City of Horseshoe Bay staffer checks out the damage done to a post at the water’s edge. Cranfill is credited with helping extract a motorist from the car after it went off FM 2147 into the water on June 15. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
  • Gerrad Cranfill, center, is honored by HSB public works director Jeff Koska, left, and Mayor Cynthia Clinesmith at Tuesday’s meeting. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
    Gerrad Cranfill, center, is honored by HSB public works director Jeff Koska, left, and Mayor Cynthia Clinesmith at Tuesday’s meeting. Lew K. Cohn/The Highlander
Gerrad Cranfill has only been on the job as a maintenance technician for the city of Horseshoe Bay for a few months, but he has already made a great impression on his boss as well as one very lucky young driver. Cranfill was honored at Tuesday’s regular city council meeting for his quick response in extracting a female driver from her car after it ended up partially submerged in Lake LBJ on June…

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