A police officer came to the rescue Sunday after heavy snow caused semitrucks and cars to get stuck along a Tennessee highway.
Upon seeing the trapped vehicles, Anderson County Trooper Jacob Wiser grabbed a shovel and began digging them out.
“I nabbed his shovel and was able to dig out two big rigs and get them straightened up and out and plenty of smaller passenger cars as well,” Wiser said.
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“If I had to estimate, there was anywhere between 15 and 20 vehicles, you know, stuck … a couple tractor-trailers starting to jackknife — common problems when you have ice going up the mountain.”
Wiser dug out at least 14 vehicles that had become trapped while traveling on Interstate 75, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.
These included 12 passenger vehicles and two semitrucks, according to WBIR.
“It was a crazy night. It wasn’t in the original [job] description when I signed up. But to see these folks out there stuck, and a lot of them trying to get home, we do what we can,” Wiser said.
“I didn’t see very many locals out there, I will say that. Which, you know, around here, everyone goes and gets their milk and bread and goes and sits in their house … and that’s a good thing.”
Many of those who had gotten stuck were driving home to Ohio and Kentucky, the trooper said, and many doubted that one man with a shovel would be enough to dig them out.
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But it was, according to the report, and the trapped individuals were thankful for Wiser’s actions.
