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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.” 18 TRUCKER’S CONNECTION powered by Truck Job Seekers
A brief video prior to the presentation described the early-morning rescue for which Snell was being honored. After the ceremony, he recalled the incident in his own words. Snell was driving on I-495 in Massachusetts at about 2:15 a.m. on June 8, 2018, when he saw the headlights of a vehicle driving the wrong way up ahead before it hit something and spun out to a stop. Snell stopped his truck in the middle of the road, blocking oncoming traffic from the crashed car. As other motorists stopped, Snell got out of his truck to assess the situation. The car’s front end was mangled, and TRUCKER’S CONNECTION powered by Truck Job Seekers 19
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