Mississippi-based trucker recognized for helping trapped motorist after crash
Wayne Plunkett grabbed his fire extinguisher to prevent the pickup from burning while the driver was trapped inside. Other motorists who stopped to help weren’t able to open the vehicle’s doors to help the driver – a woman in her 70s – get out, so Plun…
Driver named Highway Angel for rescuing man from choking
Burgoon was in Memphis, Tennessee, eating at a Longhorn Steakhouse after securing a hotel room for the night when a man he had been speaking with at the bar began choking. Burgoon administered the Heimlich and was able to dislodge the food stuck in the…
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 cu…
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 …
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 pol…
Two drivers named Highway Angels for assisting injured motorists after crash
The two Bison Transport drivers stopped after witnessing a crash and stayed on the scene for more than eight hours. One of the drivers helped comfort an elderly woman in her final moments, and the other driver helped a motorist who was trapped in her c…
Driver named Highway Angel for assisting crash victims
Matthew Kondrick, a driver for Melton Truck Lines, was driving in a heavy rain and wind storm in July when he saw traffic breaking up ahead of him. “And then I noticed that a tree had come down and crushed two cars in front of me,” he said.
Trucker who comforted dying fellow driver named Highway Angel of the Year
John Weston came up on a two-truck crash, stopped and found the driver of the second truck trapped in his seat and unable to move. Weston comforted the driver for more than a half hour by placing his hand on the driver’s head until the driver passed away.
Eight truckers named Highway Angels for heroic acts while on-duty
Drivers were recognized for a variety of acts, including extinguishing vehicle fires to save crash victims, helping a driver who had gone unconscious in the middle of an interstate, comforting an injured driver in his last moments before passing away a…
CFI driver recognized for helping fellow driver who had stroke, fell out of truck
Efferson saw a driver on the ground under a truck, ran over to see if the driver was still alive and found him conscious. At this point, she stayed by the man’s side to keep him calm until medics arrived. She soon learned the man had suffered a stroke, which caused him to fall out of his truck.