Highway Angel

Trucker honored for helping fellow driver during fierce rainstorm

Halvor tractor-trailer heading down a highway (inlay: driver Joseph Brown)

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named professional driver Joseph Brown a Highway Angel. Brown stopped to help another trucker whose tractor-trailer had overturned during a heavy rainstorm. Brown, from South Bend, Indiana, drives for Wisconsin-based Halvor Lines Inc.

On Aug. 10, Iowa was hit with a severe rainstorm accompanied by winds reaching nearly 100 mph. Brown was on a rural stretch of Interstate 35 heading north through the storm toward Minneapolis.

“It was getting really bad...

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Trucker honored for rescuing young accident victim

Photo of driver David Hill superimposed next to Challenger Motor Freight tractor-trailer.

Last winter, a routine day for truck driver David Hill suddenly turned dramatic when a teenager lost control of her car and skidded off an icy road.

“She was scared pretty good and screaming for help.” – David Hill, Challenger Motor Freight driver, after rescuing young accident victim.

On Jan. 30, 2020, Hill was on Interstate 29 just north of Fargo, North Dakota. He was coming from Winnipeg, Canada, heading for southern Wisconsin.

“There was some ice on the roads, so I was only going about 55 mph,...

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Truck driver honored for saving pregnant woman from burning car

JLE Industries truck (background), drivers Harvell Martin (foreground insert).

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) has named Harvell “Keith” Martin, from Tallapoosa, Georgia, a Highway Angel for rushing to save a woman trapped in her burning car.

On a cold, rainy day in December 2019, Martin was driving his truck on Interstate 40 near Hickory, North Carolina. His 18-year-old son, John, was along for the ride. As they pulled out of a rest area, they waited for a car to pass. A short while later, they watched the same vehicle lose control on the slick road. The car spun...

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