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I was notified of this driver heroic action today by another member . To say this YRC driver is a hero is a understatement . This happen in June but the driver never looked for recognition from YRC and it wasn't until this story was sent to YRC did they even know about his heroic actions ! Thank you Mr.Vega


Truck Drivers Save 4 People Trapped in Car After Crash

PHOENIX - A man tells FOX 10 that he and his partner pulled out four of the five people inside a crashed car that was about to explode Thursday morning on Interstate 10.

That crash occurred when a tractor trailer traveling westbound toward California crossed the median and collided with the car at about 1:30 a.m.

Truck driver Robert Vega was driving behind the collision and witnessed it. He said the trailer broke in half, and the car hit its fuel tanks..........................

................Vega said he and his fellow truck driver, George Santana, ran to the car to get the passengers out. Vega said he broke the back window and pulled out a 4-month-old baby and handed the infant to Santana.

The two ran back and forth, battling 15 to 20 foot high flames.

They were able to rescue a husband and wife and their preteen daughter, who were all pinned inside the car. They said the wife was unconscious because she had hit her forehead during the collision.

They were not able to rescue the last person in the car, who was the grandmother. She was sitting in the right front passenger seat. She died when the car exploded, burning her alive.............

You can find more info plus videos by following this link Truck Drivers Save 4 People Trapped in Car After Crash


I would like to salute this YRC driver action !!!!
 
Prob never told his Dispatcher because he would have been given a letter for "DELAYING" freight.
Just logged it as his lunch.
Great Job put his life on the line.Most would not do this.
 
Way to go Robert

Robert is a line driver out of San Bernadino, Ca. He is a quit guy and a good man. I hope he gets recognized for his heroic act.
 
I thought we where passing out kuddos for good deed's. Crossing a teamster(support) picket line, to deliver groceries to stores that are on strike, so people can then cross those lines and buy those groceries to feed their families is a good deed also.
 
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Nice to see someone help some one else just becuse it was the right thing to do, not to get your picture in the paper. When you share your good deed with man you just became worst than the guy who drives by and does nothing.
 
You couldnt help yourself could you?To even make such a negative comment about a guy who just put his life on the line to save a family is just pathetic.That says more about you than your negative comment said about him.Get a life.
 
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You couldnt help yourself could you?To even make such a negative comment about a guy who just put his life on the line to save a family is just pathetic.That says more about you than your negative comment said about him.Get a life.

Did not mean to come off sarcastic they did the right thing the right way and made us all look good in the process . Good job drivers
 
This is a heroic act, putting their lives in danger to save someone else. Now, If this company had or has any class, these 2 should be the ones getting those 2 new trucks that the pictures have been posted of. Maybe I'll call that james fella tomorrow, threaten to call the kcbj if he doesn't.


PS: Don't be too hard on ZIS, crossing a picketline is one of the biggest never dos of belonging to an onion, if Robert keeps that up, he could very well end up being the one that needs rescuing!
 
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