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Video shows Nease High School coach saving truck driver from retention pond along I-95 in Florida

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — New video sent to Action News Jax by a viewer shows a Nease High School lacrosse coach swimming to save a semi-truck driver who crashed in a retention pond.

In the video, you can see the coach guiding the driver back to the side of the pond.

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A spokesperson with the St. Johns County School District said this happened on Friday somewhere on Interstate 95.

According to a Facebook post, the lacrosse team was on the way to West Palm Beach for a game when they saw it all unfold.

We’re told the coach made the charter bus driver stop so he could go in and save the truck driver.

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