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Channel 19
Heroes of the highway: Truckers just âawesome,â 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
Channel 19
Fallen driver Richard Sullivanâs ridealong companion is coming home
Karen Talbot of Animal Aid USA requests drivers flash their lights when they see the N.J.-based nonprofitâs van/trailer combo on the road Aug 20-21, and seeks drivers to participate in a Chatsworth, Ga., homecoming convoy.
August 12, 2014
Channel 19
Highway rescue: Scott Durant on the road in Ohio
Recognizing the quick thinking of the North Carolina-based hauler following an accident that saw two cars flip over onto their roofs.
July 5, 2014
Overdrive Extra
Victim finds way to locate unnamed trucker hero
Gerry Bisaillon had worked quite a few accident scenes in his years of service with volunteer fire departments. Little did he expect that one pre-dawn January morning he was about to trade places and become the victim. Last January, he was driving to his mother-in-lawâs house to drop off his daughters for day care. âThis [âŚ]
August 8, 2013
Channel 19
Thursday roundup: CB vitality, more highway heroes
There is still no substitute for what the CB does well, illustrated by a recent coordinated rolling roadblock that resulted in an abducted childâs rescue.
January 17, 2013
Channel 19
Salute: Another on-highway hero
Driver Frederick Goldenâs late-November assistance to a victim of a brick thrown from an Alabama overpass deserves recognition.
December 22, 2012
Channel 19
Log truck drivers to the rescue in Oregon
Estacada News reporter Jeff Spiegel spells out the recipe that led to the end of a dramatic on-highway incident in Clackamas County, Ore., last week: âA thrown champagne bottle, a suicide threat, a drawn gun, countless incidents of dangerous drivingâ and, finally, a few good samaritans hauling logs up ahead. Check out Spiegelâs dramatic account of the incident [âŚ]
February 14, 2012
Channel 19
Anonymous trucker heroism after officerâs high-speed injury
When Eastern Adams County, Pa., officer Richard H. Phillips, 40, caught the back end of a tractor-trailer at the intersection of U.S. 30 and state road 94 south of Harrisburg in rural eastern Pennsylvania, he was in pursuit of a small car flying eastbound on 30 for unreported reasons, and when his vehicle burst into [âŚ]
March 15, 2010
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