An Alabama trucker used his abilities as a educated first responder to assist victims of a violent collision in Georgia earlier this 12 months, and has been honored for his efforts.
The Truckload Carriers Affiliation just lately named truck driver Terry Reavis, from Toney, Alabama, a Freeway Angel for stopping to assist injured passengers of an SUV that t-boned a pickup truck that was backing up on a freeway. Reavis drives for Maverick Transportation out of North Little Rock, Arkansas.
TCA explains:
On Feb. 19, round 2:45 p.m., Reavis was touring on Interstate 95 in Brunswick, Georgia when he witnessed a pickup truck on the shoulder backing up rapidly and driving backwards throughout three lanes of visitors. An SUV t-boned the pickup truck, then took a nosedive so exhausting that the rear wheels got here off the bottom and a automobile went beneath it. A girl from the SUV was ejected by means of the windshield.
“It was the worst wreck I’ve seen in my 27 years as a trucker,” stated Reavis.
Reavis hit the file button on his dashboard digicam and pulled over. He was one of many first folks on the scene. He proceeded to assist pull three kids from the SUV after which centered on the lady who had been ejected by means of the windshield. A educated first responder, Reavis helped cease a few of the bleeding, tried to maintain the lady calm and held her in his lap till emergency personnel arrived.
“I finished as a result of it’s what I used to be taught,” he stated. “Deal with folks the way in which you’d need to be handled.”
Thankfully, there have been no fatalities from the accident.
Because the program’s inception in August 1997, almost 1,300 skilled truck drivers have been acknowledged as Freeway Angels for exemplary kindness, courtesy, and braveness displayed whereas on the job. Due to this system’s presenting sponsor, EpicVue, and supporting sponsor, DriverFacts, TCA is ready to showcase excellent drivers like Reavis.
