A Nevada County man has received a commendation from the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department. The Department says it’s for his heroic actions during a fiery fatal crash that occurred earlier this month. The Department’s Public Information Officer, Leslie Williams, says Roman Benedyuk was commuting to work on Hammonton-Smartsville Road on October 12th when he happened upon the head-on collision, not far from the Doolittle Gate of Beale Air Force Base…

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But it was already too late to save the driver of the vehicle, a 31-year-old Yuba City man, whose name is not available. However, Williams says Benedyuk acted so quickly that the fire was nearly extinguished by the time emergency personnel arrived…

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The driver of the other vehicle, which was struck by the victim’s vehicle, was from Grass Valley. And 53-year-old Darrell Drivon walked away from his pest control truck with no significant injuries.