” the district billed the good samaritan .
but weeks later deanda got a bill in the mail from the cosumnes community services district with a $ 143 first - responder fee .
derrick deanda is being charged $ 143 after first responders checked his pulse and gave him a bottle of water after he saved a father and his three children from the rolled - over vehicle .
paramedics sent him the bill for the ' first responders fee ' .
scroll down for video derrick deanda ( left ) is being charged $ 143 after first responders checked his pulse and gave him a bottle of water after he saved a father and his three children from the rolled - over vehicle he was driving past the scene in elk grove , california , in september 2015 when he pulled over and saw the man standing in the vehicle holding a two - year - old child .
he then smashed the window to see if the passengers were ok deanda broke the glass to free the family before paramedics arrived .
a photo shows the aftermath of the scary rollover crash that trapped a man and his three children trapped inside .
deanda became a patient , he says , when a paramedic at the scene checked him out after breaking the van window to help save the family inside .
when paramedics arrived , they checked him over after attending to those inside the car .