Bystander recalls effort to save Hillsborough deputy after crash Josh Cascio reports "What I saw in that car isn't something I would wish upon anyone to see," said Jacob Thompson. He lives nearby and immediately ran to the crash to try and help. "Me and one of the fellow officers on the scene, we were pulling on the door as hard as we could. We couldn't get it," he said. Advertisement "You just sit back and just pray and just ask 'why?'" he said. Meanwhile, an online fund has been set up by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for LaVigne's family.