For this cop, bravery is just part of the job

By Dominic Geiger
Updated December 5 2013 - 12:45am, first published December 4 2013 - 9:03pm
Gareth Neil will receive the Royal Life Saving NSW certificate of commendation for bravery. Picture: GREG TOTMAN
Gareth Neil will receive the Royal Life Saving NSW certificate of commendation for bravery. Picture: GREG TOTMAN

Lake Illawarra Highway Patrol acting sergeant Gareth Neil did what his training told him to do when he came across a fatal traffic crash on the Princes Highway in Yallah last year, administering CPR to an elderly woman before pulling a man from the burning wreckage of a car.

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