{"id":14852,"date":"2017-02-20T19:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14852"},"modified":"2017-02-20T19:25:12","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:25:12","slug":"texas-officer-helps-student-get-back-on-the-road-in-a-big-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=14852","title":{"rendered":"Texas officer helps student get back on the road in a big way"},"content":{"rendered":"

(FOXNEWS<\/a>) \u2013 An Austin, Texas, police\u00a0officer\u00a0went beyond the call of duty to help an 18-year-old stuck on the side of the road. He bought him new tires and is now raising money to help fix his car.<\/p>\n

An average day on patrol for Highway Enforcement Unit Officer\u00a0Jason Borne ends with giving back.<\/p>\n

\u201cSolve so many problems with the simplest gesture. Anything that you can do, could really restore hope for people that maybe were hopeless or whatever else,\u201d Borne says.<\/p>\n

His name might sound familiar. Like the movies, Borne is always ready to take action. Tuesday morning he was called out to help a stranded motorist who had a blow-out. It turned out to be an 18-year-old on his way to school.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wear on the tires had gone through the rubber, through the wire mesh and into the sub-layer before it just exploded while he was driving down the highway. 183 is a 65-mile-per-hour highway. It was right at the Mopac flyover, so it was a very dangerous location,\u201d says Borne.<\/p>\n

Borne had the 16-year-old car towed to a shop, where the front two tires were replaced. He and his partner Tommy Sawin split the cost. Then they sent the teen off to school with a\u00a0case\u00a0number for a tardy note.<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I have three kids. I would not send my own kids down the road with, you know, tires in his shape and I wasn\u2019t going to send somebody else\u2019s,\u201d says Borne.<\/p>\n