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Story of Fort Bliss soldier saving man’s life not true, says Texas DPS\ntrue, says Texas DPS<\/p>\n
Story of Fort Bliss soldier saving man’s life not true, says Texas DPS
\ntrue, says Texas DPS<\/p>\n
by Jamel Valencia Sgt. Trey Troney said it was his actions that saved a victim involved in a wreck in Sweetwater, Texas on Dec. 22, 2018.<\/p>\n Troney, who has been interviewed by several media outlets, including CBS4 On Your Side, said he rendered aid to Jeff Udger, who he said was seriously injured.<\/p>\n An investigation conducted by Texas Department of Public Safety revealed that Troney did not save the man’s life, according to Texas DPS spokesman Lt. Kenneth \u201cBryan\u201d Witt.<\/p>\n The wreck happened along Interstate 20 on Dec. 22, 2018 in Nolan County, confirmed Witt. But the victim involved in the crash is not Jeff Udger.<\/p>\n Investigators with the Texas DPS looked at body camera footage and didn’t see Troy performing life-saving techniques like he said he did with a ball point pen and hoodie sweatshirt, said Witt.<\/p>\n Witt said DPS Troopers on the scene did encounter Troney at the scene “who had stopped to assist.”<\/p>\n Witt said the victim’s name is not being released, but didn’t explain why.<\/p>\n Fort Bliss officials said they retracted the story they published on Jan. 9 about Troney.<\/p>\n The story titled “Iron Soldier saves man’s life with hoodie, ink pen” stated that Troney rendered aid to a man, Jeff Udger.<\/p>\n A statement sent out Thursday from Fort Bliss states it was retracted because of “factual inaccuracies.”<\/p>\n Army officials said they would like to apologize to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol, the city of Sweetwater, Texas, the city of El Paso, the University of Texas at El Paso, the New Orleans Saints, the local and national media and the American people.<\/p>\n The rest of this debacle may be viewed here: CBS 4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A soldier saved a car accident victim with nothing but a New Orleans Saints sweatshirt and a ballpoint pen<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n
\nCBS4 has learned that a Fort Bliss soldier is accused of deceiving the public about a heroic effort.<\/strong><\/p>\n