Three officers with the Sequim Police Department were recently recognized for helping save a Mukilteo man’s life in October after he was hit by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 101.

Officers Devin McBride, Ella Mildon, and Chris Moon each received 2024 Lifesaving Awards on Oct. 28 from deputy mayor Rachel Anderson and police chief Mike Hill at the Sequim City Council meeting.

The officers were first to respond on scene to a 9-1-1 call for an assault on U.S. Highway 101 that later resulted in a hit-and-run incident.

“Their invaluable service is well deserved,” Hill said.

“When they showed up on the scene on Oct. 8, it was chaotic and violent, and that’s an understatement based on what we saw and what the investigation revealed.

“These three immediately went to work on the number one priority and that was saving someone’s life.”

According to the awards’ proclamation, Mildon arrived first around 11 p.m. to find a woman performing chest compressions on the man (identified by Washington State Patrol as 66-year-old Lawrence Scherer). She checked Scherer’s pulse, started life saving measures, and later retrieved her vehicle’s automated external defibrillator (AED) as other officers and Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies continued chest compressions.

McBride used the AED on Scherer while Moon and others continued cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Sequim Police staff report officers and deputies continued lifesaving measures for about seven minutes until Clallam County Fire District 3 could respond and eventually have Scherer flown for injuries by Life Flight Network.

Scherer recovered following medical care, police report.

The officers also assisted Washington State Patrol document the scene and support family members on scene.

“(The three officers) played a huge part in keeping the victim alive until medics arrived on scene with advanced life support capabilities, (and their) actions are directly responsible for saving a person’s life,” the proclamation states.

Washington State Patrol reports the alleged assault and hit-and-run remain under investigation.

The unidentified truck driver who hit Scherer turned himself into the Clallam County Courthouse and was connected with State Patrol investigators the next morning.

The altercation was recorded by an off-duty truck driver, Washington State Patrol reports.

This is the second set of Lifesaving Awards given out by the city in the last month, following Officer Mark Poole in early October.

Both McBride and Mildon received the award previously.

McBride performed CPR on an unresponsive male in 2022, and Mildon, while on her first day on patrol in 2023 helped her field training officer Paul Dailidenas pull a person from a burning building who couldn’t escape under their own power, Hill said.

He also credited sergeant Maris Larsen for her efforts to help the officers remain safe while they helped perform CPR on the highway.

“Performing CPR for seven minutes is no small task,” Hill said.

“Them being on scene … definitely helped save this gentleman’s life.”

He also thanked the Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild who raised funds for the AED that was in Mildon’s vehicle used on Scherer. He said an incoming grant from the guild will ensure each police vehicle has an AED.