An Indiana State Police trooper saved a man's life after stopping a vehicle that was traveling nearly twice the posted speed limit.

MADISON COUNTY, Ind. (WTHR) - An Indiana State Police trooper saved a man's life after stopping a vehicle that was traveling nearly twice the posted speed limit.

Trooper Ron Huff was traveling south on SR 37 north of Elwood around 8:30 a.m. on July 4 when he was passed by a vehicle with its hazard lights on, traveling 105 mph. Huff caught up to the vehicle and made a traffic stop near CR 1400 North.

After the vehicle stopped, the driver got out and ran back to the trooper's car, yelling that his friend was dying. Huff grabbed his first aid kit and got to the car, finding a man in his 20s who was bleeding from a 4-inch gash in the side of his neck. The cut appeared to have just missed an artery.

After calling for an ambulance, police say Huff applied "combat gauze," which is treated with a clotting agent, to the man's neck and applied direct pressure to the wound. The trooper had stopped the bleeding by the time medics arrived.

The victim, who told state police he wished to remain anonymous, said he was removing a mirror while doing renovations to the unoccupied Duck Creek School nearby. The mirror broke and a chard of glass went into his neck.

The man called Trooper Huff to thank him for his actions the day after the incident after he was released from the hospital.

Every trooper on the Indiana State Police force is issued a trauma first aid kit with a tourniquet and is trained each year on tactical medical first aid, police said. Huff credited the equipment and training for his ability to save the victim's life.