Tag: Knights of the Road

Channel 19

Writer thanks truckers who were on the scene of his wife’s near-fatal crash 35 years ago

Peter Rosenberger with his wife today leads a ministry to the families of amputees, following the amputation of his wife’s legs. He places the truckers who helped that day so many years ago in the context of his wife’s long ministry to others, noting “ministry often means rushing to the scene of a wreck. … All that we need to function in those moments are vivid mental pictures of two scarred hands reaching into our trauma.”

November 18, 2018

Channel 19

Downtown Chicago on the Dan Ryan: Bad place for a motorbike breakdown

Enter self-described “Johnny Be Good,” or the Youtube nom de plume of a fashion behind the JBG Travels channel. Mr. Be Good captured this recent moment on his dashcam, giving new meaning to the “good samaritan” term.

June 28, 2016

Channel 19

Kudos to one driver for two lives saved

The case of trucker Gary Hurd of Paul Transportation, whose company only became aware of his heroic actions on the road at the scene of two accidents well after the fact. Here’s to all among you who go unrecognized for similar actions day-in, day-out.

March 11, 2016

Channel 19

Heroes of the highway: Truckers just ‘awesome,’ says four-wheeler

A positive bit of news involving truckers Ken Lear, Jeff Norwood and a man and his dog came out of Mt. Laurel, N.J., last week.

December 22, 2015

Life

Driver saves fellow trucker from hot asphalt leak after crash

Driver Bill Hunt’s help in an April 2014 crash helped save the life of a fellow truck operator. Here’s his story.

November 4, 2014

Business

Driver responds to urban traffic emergency

From 2013: In this illustrated story in Overdrive’s Knight of the Road series, York recounts his response to the incident that earned him a Highway Angel award from the Truckload Carriers Association.

August 31, 2013

Life

ABF Freight System’s Guy Knudsen

Guy Knudsen hits an unlit, overturned auto while driving westbound on I-80. He reports the accident and comes to the aid of an auto driver who has a head injury.

August 16, 2012

Overdrive Extra

Meet the expanded Overdrive

Overdrive now incorporates its sister publication, Truckers News, and Overdrive spinoff Custom Rigs.

August 2, 2012

Channel 19

NFI driver delivers third roadside baby

I was all set this morning to write about the debate over the appropriate strategy toward dealing with fraud in the trucking industry from crooked poseur brokers and the like (tune in tomorrow for more on that), but sometimes a story hits that is just too good and/or unbelievable to pass on. Today, that story […]

April 11, 2012