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By Jeff Weiner

George Zimmerman, the man recently acquitted in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, helped rescue a family from an overturned SUV last week, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday.

According to sheriff’s spokeswoman Heather Smith, deputies were called to the crash about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday. A Ford Explorer — with two children and their parents inside — had gone off the road and rolled over in the area of Interstate 4 and State Road 46, Smith said.

By the time a deputy arrived, Zimmerman and another man “had already helped assist the family by getting them out of the overturned vehicle,” Smith said.

“Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after making contact with the deputy,” Smith said in an emailed statement. “There were no report of injuries to the vehicle occupants.”

The Sheriff’s Office later released a traffic accident report, which identified the parents. Both are white, the report says. Much of their other identifying information was redacted. Zimmerman and the other man are not mentioned in the report.

Read More George Zimmerman helped rescue family from overturned SUV, cops say – OrlandoSentinel.com.

***Something seems fishy here. It’s awfully convenient that GZ was present to play “hero”. I believe the accident happened and tragedy was averted but with a scanner monitoring emergency dispatch channels anyone could be cast in the role. GZ and his team is making a  play for positive press, I believe. ~ SB***