A trooper formerly assigned to Roanoke Rapids and now working in Rocky Mount will be one of several recipients for awards during a ceremony Tuesday in Raleigh.
North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper Dustin Efird was honored today by Halifax County commissioners for actions in July which helped rescue a nurse who languished in her bath tub for three nights after taking a fall.
Renee Washington languished in her tub for three nights after slipping, drinking the bathwater and trying to figure a way of out of her predicament.
