WENTWORTH — Early Tuesday morning, a patrol deputy was in the right place at the right time to thwart disaster.
At about 4:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, Patrol Sgt. Jon Peters was responding to a report of a suspicious car in the area of Hunters Glenn Road in Summerfield. When he passed by 173 Hunters Glenn Road, he saw that the house was on fire and sprang into action.
“Sgt. Peters is a hero,” Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page said. “I mean, he always does a great job but I believe that this morning, he saved three lives. That’s what it’s all about and I am very proud of him.”
Peters was able to wake the sleeping adult residence of the home and carried a 4-year-old child out of the house to safety himself, according to a news release.
