Late deputy's kidney goes to colleague
(AP)


AP - The accidental death of an east-Georgia sheriff's deputy triggered a new chance at life for a fellow deputy who received one of his co-worker's kidneys. Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie Strength said Friday that deputy David James was recovering from transplant surgery. James, whose own transplanted kidney had been faltering, was given a kidney from deputy Eric Sikes, who died Wednesday from injuries he sustained in a car accident.

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