James Aton, 35, was driving along North Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania, when he noticed a man banging on the door of a slow moving tanker driven by an unresponsive truck driver.
The tanker was traveling at 4-5 mph in heavy, slow moving traffic.
Aton stopped his own truck and ran up to the slow moving truck and climbed into the cab. Â He then steered the truck off the road and contacted authorities.
Sadly, a Cetronia Medical Examiner pronounced the tanker truck driver– 59-year-old Richard Cecil Cole, of Avondale, Pennsylvania– dead shortly later, Lehigh Valley Live reported.
Although Aton was unable to save Cole’s life, he is still a hero. His willingness to intervene and pull the unattended truck off the road no doubt prevented an accident.
Truck drivers are everyday heroes. Â Truckers rule!