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Driver named Highway Angel for stopping to help after witnessing crash

Melby Millirans was driving north on I-75 out of Ocala, Florida, when he saw an SUV ahead of him veer toward the guardrail, then swerve sharply to the right and run off the road, down a steep embankment and crash into a row of trees. He stopped, called 911 and grabbed a flashlight to go help.

April 19, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel for helping fellow driver in ditch

Jacob Elkins, a driver for CFI, was driving east of Effingham, Illinois, on I-70 on May 23, 2018, when he came across another CFI truck nose-down in a ditch. Elkins pulled over and was the first person on the scene.

April 15, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel of the Year after helping at accident scene

Brian Snell was westbound on I-495 in Westward, Massachusetts, when a woman driving the wrong way seemed to have spun out in front of Snell’s truck. He stopped his truck and positioned it to protect her car from traffic. Snell tried to resuscitate the woman, who was unconscious.

March 12, 2019

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Alabama-based trucker recognized for pulling motorist from burning car

He noticed someone was still inside the car, so he approached and found a driver conscious and in pain trapped by the steering wheel that was jammed between the man’s ribs and belt. He then ran back to his truck and grabbed his fire extinguisher to knock the flames back.

March 4, 2019

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Driver named Highway Angel for blocking traffic after witnessing high-speed crash

The collision caused the speeding vehicle to flip upside down and slide on its roof down the road. McKnight followed the car, stopping behind where it came to rest, and positioned his truck to block traffic as the driver tried to crawl out of her car.

February 20, 2019

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Trucker recognized for helping save trapped motorist, dog after crash

Trucker, Brian Snell witnessed a crash on I-459 in Massachusetts and helped save one driver, and then rescued a dog whose driver had died in the crash.

February 14, 2019

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Canadian trucker named Highway Angel for saving fellow trucker from burning cab

A truck driver has been named as a Highway Angel by the TCA for rescuing a fellow truck driver from a burning cab. More details on the story on Overdrive.

February 12, 2019

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Mississippi-based trucker recognized for helping trapped motorist after crash

Wayne Plunkett saw a pickup truck cross two lanes of traffic at high speed and crash into a cable-wire guard rail and ran over with his fire extinguisher.

February 8, 2019

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Driver named Highway Angel for rescuing man from choking

Keith Burgoon, a trucker for ABF Freight of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has been named a Highway Angel by the TCA for rescuing a man that was choking.

February 6, 2019

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Trucker honored for stopping to help at crash scene

Barnett then saw smoke coming from the hood of a minivan, so he parked his truck to divert traffic from the accident and went around to the passenger side of the minivan and broke the window. He then gave his pocket knife to someone else on scene to cut the driver free of the seat belt.

February 4, 2019

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Truck driver recognized for stopping to help stranded RV family

Cattell was driving along I-80 in Illinois when he witnessed an RV come upon a large tire retread in the middle of the highway. Due to traffic conditions, they were unable to avoid it, and the tire completely removed the RV’s exhaust system, stranding the family on the shoulder of the interstate.

January 31, 2019

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Trucker named Highway Angel for saving small child

Johnson got out of his truck and tried to carefully approach the child, but it ran back across the road and into a gravel parking lot, visibly frightened and crying. He caught up to the child and picked it up, tried to comfort it and called 911.  A police officer arrived and took the child to a local hospital.

January 29, 2019