NEW ALBANY, Ind. (WDRB) -- A woman collapsed at Harvest Homecoming and was unresponsive and a police officer from the Floyd County Sheriff's Office helped save her life.

Officer Anthony Whelan has been on the department since April 2024. Friday, he was patrolling Harvest Homecoming like normal when the woman collapsed.

"A New Albany City police officer noticed a lady fall down on the ground, hit her head, she started seizing. She did not have a pulse, I then rolled her over onto her back and started performing CPR until fire and EMS showed up on scene," Whelan said.

The woman was taken to the hospital, and she's expected to survive. Whelan said he's not sure what led to her collapsing.

"This is not any credit to me this is a team effort for everyone involved, we've got a lot of great

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