GLADWIN, Mich. (WJRT) – A truck driver from Gladwin has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel for coming to the aid of an accident victim in Florida.
Tom Morris of Gladwin drives for Melton Truck Lines of Tulsa, Okla.
According to TCA, Morris pulled off I-10 in Lamont, Fla., during Labor Day weekend to grab some snacks when he noticed a car go airborne and flip into some power lines.
Morris told people in the store to call 911 before running out to the crash scene, where the vehicle was entangled in electrical wires. The woman involved in the crash was unconscious when he ran there.
She later woke up, so Morris and other customers did their best to calm her down. He stayed at her side until paramedics arrived.
Morris has been a volunteer firefighter for more than a decade.
“Being on the fire department, I always felt that if I can go in there to help somebody else that’s the way I’ve always been,” he said. “If I can help somebody, I always try to help somebody. It doesn’t matter the situation.”
The TCA didn’t say how badly the woman was injured.
The TCA Angels program began in 1997. In that time, nearly 1,300 truck drivers have been recognized as Highway Angels for showing exemplary kindness, courtesy and courage on the job.
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