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Brian Snell, who aided
woman in wrong-way
crash, named Highway
Angel of the Year
For most people, there are only a
handful of instances in their lives
that call for an act of heroism.
“We’d all like to believe that if the
situation presented itself, each of
us would be able to step up and
offer assistance to others in their
time of need,” Truckload Carriers
Association Chairman Dan Doran
said March 12 at the general session
of the closing day of the Truckload
Carriers Association’s 81st Annual
Convention.
With as much time as professional
truck drivers spend out on the open
road, they are more likely than most
folks to come across fellow travelers
who need help. And every year, the
industry produces several stories of
drivers who step up to offer their assistance.
In 1997, TCA created the Highway
Angels program “to improve the public’s
image of the trucking industry by
highlighting positive stories of professional
truck drivers who display exemplary
acts of kindness, courtesy, and
courage while on the job,” Doran said.
Thanks to the generosity of EpicVue,
TCA is able to show their appreciation
to the recipients.
The Highway Angel program celebrates
drivers and their stories of
heroism throughout the year. One of
these drivers is then chosen for special
recognition at TCA’s annual convention
as the Highway Angel of the Year.
“EpicVue is honored to recognize
these incredible professional truck drivers,
who put themselves sometimes in
great danger to help a fellow truck driver,
a motorist, and even a small child
who may be wandering alone in the
dark,” said EpicVue CEO Lance Platt
at this year’s Highway Angel of the
Year presentation as he and recording
artist Lindsay Lawler introduced this
year’s recipient, Brian Snell, a regional
trainer with Bangor, Maine-based
Pottle’s Transportation.
Lawler, the official spokesperson for
the Highway Angel program whose
song “Highway Angel” is a tribute to the
spirit of the program and to the drivers
who personify that spirit, said Snell “is
passionate about what he does, humble,
and an overall brilliant example of
what this program aims to highlight.”
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