A resourceful group of construction workers and fellow commuters came together to save a man trapped in a flipped pickup truck on Monday.
A report from CNN says that between six and eight good Samaritans rushed to aid the man after his rear tire blew on I-88 in suburban Chicago.
The charge was led by Tom Meyers, a paramedic and firefighter who was passing by when he saw the wreck and a group trying to flip the truck back over.
“They were construction workers and business men,” Meyers said. “The car was on its roof and they had flipped it on its side. I just started talking to the guy and assessing him. The guy was talking to me and he seemed fine.”
Some bystanders had crowbars and saws, which they were able to use to remove the windshield before Meyers cut off the driver’s seat belt.
“Miraculously, he didn’t have any injuries sustained,” he said.
The group then removed the driver from the vehicle and allowed Meyers to evaluate him until authorities arrived on the scene.
“I’m just glad the guy’s OK,” Meyers said. “It’s amazing that those bystanders stopped and how incredible it was for everybody to work together.”
Good Samaritans stopped on both sides of the highway in a dramatic rescue of a pickup truck driver whose vehicle overturned in Illinois. The group banded together to flip the truck on its side and help the driver climb out of the truck. https://t.co/pgFkAYAIa2 pic.twitter.com/nCQcAsTJ4u
— ABC News (@ABC) July 22, 2019
