text: The mystery hero who raced to the edge of a cliff and pulled a driver from his precariously-balanced car has been identified as a 29-year-old man who fled the scene to go to work. Jason Warnock was named as the hero who rescued 23-year-old Mathew Sitko after he crashed his car on Wednesday morning, causing it to hang off a canyon cliff in Lewiston, Idaho. But after saving the man, Warnock said he could not stay and rushed away from the scene. A photo of the moment he pulled the panicked man from the wrecked car was shared online as authorities tried to identify him. Incredible rescue: Jason Warnock, 29, has been identified as the man who saved Matthew Sitko, 23, from his car as it dangled over a cliff on Wednesday morning. He left shortly after pulling the man to safety . After he was named on Thursday, he met with the Lewiston Police Department for an interview and it emerged he had been working at the time of the crash and had to get back to his job. He told officers he had been traveling along a nearby road when he noticed debris in the road and the vehicle hanging near the edge of the cliff - so he jumped into action. He ran up to a pedestrian footbridge, climbed above the cliff face and then crossed an embankment to reach the vehicle. Once there, he tried to break the window, but couldn't. Instead, he calmed Sitko down and asked him to roll down the window, and he was then able to pull him out to safety. Afterwards, he took off. 'He said he had to go, and he left,' Lewiston police officer Eric Olson said. Driver: Mathew Sitko, 23, of Lewiston, Idaho, is believed to have suffered from an emotional episode before he crashed his car on Wednesday morning. He only suffered minor injuries and is recovering . Thankful: He wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday that he feels 'blessed' for how his ordeal ended . Police and paramedics arrived shortly after to assist the man. 'The Lewiston Police Department would like to thank Jason Warnock for his quick and decisive actions in helping Mr. Sitko and preventing the situation from worsening,' the department said. The crash occurred about 8am Wednesday in Lewiston, at a drop called Bryden Canyon. Sitko had driven through a yard and over two terraces before getting snared in a chain-link fence. The fence is the only reason the car vehicle did not topple over into the canyon with Sitko still behind the wheel, police told the Lewiston Tribune. Police previously said the incident was triggered when Sitko had 'some sort of mental or emotional episode' and he only suffered minor injuries. Scene: Sitko crashed while driving along the winding road before crashing through the property and dangling over the edge of the drop. Warnock managed to reach him by climbing the pedestrian bridge, pictured . Witnesses say Sitko was driving erratically and swerved to miss another motorist when the crash occurred. It is unclear how far the canyon drop actually measured. Not long after the crash Sitko posted to his Facebook page that he felt blessed. 'Good morning everyone! I am truly blessed by God today!! Thank you God & Jesus for taking care of me!! I love you!' he wrote on his Facebook. Sitko lists his job as working for Moscow and Lewiston Landscaping.
target: Mathew Sitko, 23, crashed his car and ended up hanging over a cliff edge in Lewiston, Idaho in an 'emotional episode' Wednesday morning .
  Jason Warnock, 29, was nearby when he saw the car above so he climbed up a footbridge and ran to the edge of the cliff and pulled the man out .
  He needed to leave to go to work but was tracked down after the picture quickly spread online .