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Driver recognized after stopping to help after witnessing accident

Oklahoma City-based truck driver Jim Higginbotham came up on a crash in which a driver had been ejected from his car. He stopped and stayed with the man and the other driver involved in the crash until emergency personnel arrived.

August 9, 2019

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Two drivers recognized for saving baby locked in car

The drivers came across a young family whose young daughter had accidentally locked their baby inside their pickup truck. The drivers helped the family unlock the truck to get to their baby.

August 1, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel for third time after helping detain drunk driver

After witnessing a single-vehicle crash, Christopher Lemaire stopped to help the driver, who tried to flee the scene. Lemaire detained the driver until police arrived, who informed him the driver had hit two cars a few miles back and fled.

July 30, 2019

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Owner-op named Highway Angel for helping trucker in rollover crash

Doran Doravi saw an overturned tractor-trailer lying on the cab’s passenger side stretched across the northbound side of the highway. He stopped to help and, with the help of another trucker, was able to get the driver out of the overturned cab.

July 9, 2019

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Two drivers recognized as Highway Angels for helping stranded colleague

Scott Wagner, a driver for Spartan Direct, and Robert Barnette, an owner-operator with Swift, jumped in Barnette’s truck and drove 38 miles to help a colleague who had a flat tire on her way to the Mid-America Trucking Show in March.

July 5, 2019

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Army veteran trucker named Highway Angel for assisting unresponsive driver

Ricky Shearer found the wife of another trucker crying out for help as her husband lay unconscious and unresponsive on the ground. He rushed to check on the man, found he wasn’t breathing and performed CPR until paramedics arrived.

July 3, 2019

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Texas-based driver recognized after stopping to help motorists after witnessing crash

Michael Morgan was driving about 45 mph in the right lane when a Lexus SUV came around on his left and got just far enough in front of him for him to see the license plate before the driver lost control on the slick road and spun out.

May 24, 2019

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Trucker recognized for helping couple after hit-and-run

Sam Dyess was traveling along I-80 in Wyoming during a blizzard when a truck stopped ahead of him and slid backwards into another motorist, causing the vehicle to slide back into Dyess’ truck. The first truck then took off, leaving the accident behind.

May 16, 2019

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Trucker recognized after helping motorist stuck in snowstorm

Truck driver Donald Wood got out of his truck and crossed the road, where he found a small pickup truck with a camper trailer stuck in a snowdrift. Inside the pickup was an elderly man and his dog.

May 6, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel for stopping and helping motorist with car fire

Flames were coming from underneath the hood of the car, so Gubaci pulled over to the shoulder, grabbed his fire extinguisher and rushed over to put out the fire, which was between the motor and the firewall.

May 2, 2019

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Louisiana-based trucker named Highway Angel for helping ejected crash victims

Christopher Lemaire, of Erath, Louisiana, and a driver for Revere Transportation, is a former highway patrol officer who witnessed a crash on Feb. 11 along I-35 in Kansas. He saw a car skidding out of control, which hit a culvert in the median, sending it airborne.

April 26, 2019

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Trucker recognized after preventing accident when student driver passed out at wheel

The student driver had been driving well, but began complaining about not feeling well. He later passed out at the wheel, and Demetrice Reeves was able to slow the truck down and pull the student out of the driver’s seat to take over and get the truck stopped safely.

April 24, 2019