Whereas climate situations in Palm Seaside County had been extreme Wednesday, one man jumped into motion to avoid wasting a driver who was blown off the highway by excessive winds.
A pastor and former Broward County police officer got here to the rescue, saving a person whose truck crashed on Florida’s Turnpike close to Delray Seaside, after gusts of wind blew him off the highway.
WPTV reporter Matt Sczesny spoke to the person, Duval Madrigal, who was driving behind a glass supply truck when it was blown off Florida’s Turnpike Wednesday morning.
Whereas climate situations had been unhealthy, he pulled over to assist the person. Madrigal additionally took photographs of Palm Seaside Hearth Rescue attending to the person on the scene.
“I immediately went over to the window and there was a single driver, a gentleman, he was trying to take care of his leg,” he stated. “You could tell his leg was broken and I said, ‘Can you climb out the top,’ and he said he couldn’t, so I said, ‘I’m going to smash out the window.’ Unfortunately there were parts that fell off the truck, it was a window truck, so I found a pole and started busting out the front windshield to get him out.”
Two fellow drivers additionally stopped to assist the person, and a good friend referred to as 911. The injured driver was handled for his accidents.
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“Well bless their hearts.”
