This year’s Trucking Carriers Association’s Highway Angel has a story that reads more like a blockbuster action thriller. It comes courtesy of Guy Knudsen, a 30 year veteran of the trucking industry who spoke of his selfless nature saying, “Everyone out there on the road is somebody’s son, somebody’s mother, somebody’s father, he said. My feeling is that hopefully someone would stop to help me or my family if we ever needed it.
During this frightening series of events, Knudsen instinctively knew that the driver of the overturned car was in the area somewhere, most likely over the canyon embankment in desperate need of medical attention. He jumped over a barrier in the foggy dark and found himself fighting for a foothold as he tumbled down an embankment, ultimately getting injured. He found a woman with a head wound in a state of panic. He attempted to calm her while shouting out to emergency personnel about their location. EMT workers admitted that had he not put himself at risk and helped them locate the driver, she would have probably died from head trauma.
We at CDL Life want to send out a great big “thank you!” to Guy and to the TCA for their award program. We need more industry groups
Thanks again, Guy!
Read about TCA’s 2011 Highway Angel here.