Trucker named Highway Angel for stopping to help after witnessing rollover crash
ABF Freight truck driver Clayvon Daniels has been named a Highway Angel by the Truckload Carriers Association for stopping to help a driver following a rollover crash.
On May 31, 2020, Daniels was driving on Route 12 in Irving, Texas, on his way to San Antonio, whne a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed approached his driver’s side.
Clayvon Daniels
The car then hit the concrete median and ricocheted, rolled over and skidded back across the road.
“If I wouldn’t have slowed down, he would have bounced off my truck,” Daniels added.
Daniels then stopped his truck in the middle of the highway to make sure other vehicles wouldn’t hit the overturned car. With the help of several others, Daniels got the guy out of the car and waited for emergency vehicles to arrive about 20 minutes later.
For his willingness to stop and help, TCA presented Daniels with a certificate, patch, lapel pin and truck decals. ABF Freight also received a certificate acknowledging their driver as a Highway Angel. EpicVue sponsors the TCA Highway Angel program.
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