The power of will and determination was on full display Friday at the Baylor Scott & White rehab center in Dallas, as trooper Curtis Putz left the hospital nearly 12 weeks after a crash while in the line of duty nearly killed him.
A DPS trooper critically injured during January's icy weather is sharing the story of the accident that nearly killed him.Putz has undergone several painful skin grafts from where the tire went over him."He would just be like, whatever I have to do to get back to what I was doing before," she recalled.A DPS employee was assigned to be with Putz every day at the hospital.His emotional wife thanked them.She then got into the DPS cruiser with her husband for the escort back home.
He still has a long road to recovery, but said the end goal is to one day be back in squad car, protecting the public.
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