Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Four Truck Drivers Named Goodyear Highway Hero Finalists

As finalists for Goodyear's North America Highway Hero Award, three professional truck drivers battled flames to pull victims to safety in separate accidents and another driver saved a mother and her baby from oncoming traffic as they lay on a wet and dark Florida Turnpike.
Truck drivers from Casselberry, Fla.; Ashford, Ala.; Conover, Ohio; and North Troy, Vt., were named finalists today for trucking's most prestigious award for heroism.
"We are indebted to truck drivers across the United States and Canada who keep America rolling," said Steve McClellan, vice president for commercial tire systems for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. "In this, the Goodyear Highway Hero Award's 23rd year, it was especially difficult to select just four truck drivers who placed themselves in harm's way to save someone else. Full stoy here........http://sev.prnewswire.com/auto/20060213/CLM008b13022006-1.html

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