Good Samaritan rescues driver from SUV dangling over canyon

Lewiston, Idaho — (KTVB) Police in Lewiston, Idaho, have identified the ‘mystery man’ who pulled a driver from an SUV dangling over the lip of a canyon, then vanished.

Jackson Warnock, 29, of Lewiston helped pull 23-year-old Mathew Sitko out a GMC Yukon while the vehicle’s front end hung over the canyon edge after a crash Wednesday.

Warnock told police he saw debris in the roadway while driving up Bryden Canyon, then saw the Yukon hanging above the cliff face. He said he ran up to the pedestrian foot bridge, climbed up above the cliff face then went across the embankment to get to the vehicle.

Warnock tried to break the passenger side window with a Leatherman tool, but was unable to. He calmed Sitko enough to have Sitko roll down the window and pulled Sitko through the window to safety, according to police.