Highway Angel

Trucker saluted for saving 6 victims from fiery crash

CFI truck with white trailer and inlay photo of driver Zach Yeakley.

The Truckload Carriers Association has named truck driver Zach Yeakley, from Batesville, Arkansas, a Highway Angel for rescuing six victims from a chain-reaction crash.

On March 17, around 8:15 a.m. CT, Yeakley was hauling a full truckload of freight to West Memphis, Arkansas, when he heard on his CB radio about an accident up ahead. He was on Interstate 57 near Charleston, Missouri. He soon noticed smoke and a man wearing a safety vest flagging down drivers to alert them to the accident.

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Trucker named Highway Angel for rescuing family after rollover

Photo of driver Grant Quinton inlaid with photo of a Decker Truck Line big rig.

The Truckload Carriers Association has named trucker Grant Quinton, from Noble, Oklahoma, a Highway Angel for rescuing a man and his young grandson from their overturned vehicle and keeping them safe until authorities arrived.

In the early morning hours of Feb. 6, about 30 minutes before sunrise, Quinton was sitting in the passenger seat while training another Decker Truck Line Inc. driver. They were driving north on Interstate 35 near Tonkawa, Oklahoma, when they noticed an overturned Dodge Ram...

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Trucker named Highway Angel for helping tornado victim

Composite photo of trucker Charles Bearden and a Purdy Brothers tractor-trailer.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Charles Bearden, from Etowah, Tennessee, a Highway Angel for stopping to help another truck driver whose tractor-trailer was thrown into a field by a tornado.

The evening of Dec. 10, 2021, is one many people won’t forget for the string of devastating tornadoes that struck the South and Midwest. Bearden had picked up a load in Jackson, Tennessee, that day and was heading west on Interstate 155 near the Tennessee-Missouri border.

“It had been...

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Canadian trucker named Highway Angel for helping spinout victims

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Karl Scholl, from Calgary, Alberta, a Highway Angel for stopping to help a couple who landed in a ditch during icy road conditions.

On the morning of Dec. 27, Scholl was hauling a full truckload of freight on Canada Highway 3 near Moyie, British Columbia, when he noticed other drivers flashing their lights, signaling that there was something up ahead.

“The roads were in poor condition from ice and snow,” Scholl told the TCA. “As I crested a hill,...

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Truckers honored as Highway Angels for feeding snowbound drivers

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently named truck driver Jean-Carlo Gachet, from Chester, Virginia, a Highway Angel for offering a hot breakfast to stranded motorists. Canadian driver Matthew Marchand was also recognized for aiding stuck motorists.

Both were honored in connection with a standstill on Interstate 95 following a snowstorm.

This car has been sitting near me since 1am (I-95 closure). Least I could do was offer them a microwaved breakfast pic.twitter.com/ItA3SKR7pc

— JC...

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Truckers who died helping accident victims named Highway Angels

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has posthumously recognized Adam “Troy” Miller, 53, of Hagerstown, Maryland, and Ashish Patel, 46, of Ontario, Canada, as Highway Angels for stopping to help at the scene of a serious accident last summer.

“He would do anything for anybody.” — Julie Miller, about her husband, Troy Miller, a trucker who died while helping car accident victims.

According to an article by the Transportation Nation Network, the fatal incident happened the morning of July 1 on...

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Trucker named Highway Angel for rescuing driver from burning car

Side-by-side Nationwide Rail Services tractor-trailers.

The Truckload Carriers Association has named professional truck driver Trinidad Arebalo, from Crete, Illinois, a Highway Angel for rushing to the aid of a driver involved in a multiple-vehicle accident.

It happened after 2 a.m. on a very cold February night when Arebalo was heading southbound on Interstate 55 outside Chicago. According to National Weather Service records, the temperature was about 12 degrees at the time and some light snow had fallen a few hours earlier.

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Trucker again named Highway Angel after helping accident victim

Composite photo of driver Bruno Raposo and a Bison Transport tractor-trailer.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has once again named Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo, of Montreal, a Highway Angel. He stopped to help a young woman after her vehicle veered off the road in front of him and went into a ditch.

Related: Trucker a Highway Angel for helping couple after spinout

It’s not every day that Raposo has a woman jumping into his arms, but it happened late one afternoon in February. Raposo was driving on Interstate 80 near Scott, Iowa, and was looking for a place to stop...

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Trucker a Highway Angel for helping couple after spinout

Photo of trucker Nick Still inset with photo of a Hirschbach Motor Lines truck.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Nick Still a Highway Angel. Still, from Monmouth, Illinois, stopped to help a couple after their pickup truck spun out during a winter storm.

It happened in the late morning of Feb. 8, 2021, when Still was heading down U.S. Highway 34 near Galesburg, Illinois, just 15 miles from his home. It was sleeting and snowing and the roads were slick, so he left some distance between himself and the couple’s pickup truck ahead of him.

“Just as we were...

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Truck driver honored for preventing potentially deadly crash

Groendyke Transport tanker on a desert highway. Inlay photo of driver Morgan Kirkland.

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) recently honored professional driver Morgan Kirkland for his skill and quick thinking in preventing a potentially deadly head-on collision.

In late September, Kirkland was hauling methanol in his tanker, heading east on U.S. Highway 90 in Florida. Light rain was coming down when he crossed a bridge between Pensacola and Pace at around 2 a.m. Only one of the two eastbound lanes was usable because Hurricane Sally had washed out the other lane about two...

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