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Lee County sheriff presents life‑saving award to Deputy Alejandro Castro
Lee County Board · April 24, 2026
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Sheriff Clay Whelan presented Deputy Alejandro Castro with a life‑saving award after Castro applied a tourniquet and kept an entrapped crash victim conscious on Feb. 12; EMS personnel later told the sheriff the tourniquet likely saved the man's life.
Sheriff Clay Whelan presented Deputy Alejandro Castro with a plaque and a life‑saving award at the Lee County Board meeting, citing Castro's actions at a Feb. 12 crash.
Whelan told the board that at about 8:05 p.m. the county ETSB received an iPhone crash detection from Pump Factory Road near the Green River.…
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