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A truck driver pulled another driver out of a burning rig at Snoqualmie Pass
On a rain-slick Interstate 90, a tractor-trailer went through a wall and caught fire. The driver behind it kicked in the windshield and got the man out before a second tank exploded.
On October 1, CDLLife reported a rescue on Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass in Washington. The morning in question was Tuesday, September 29. Truck driver Ricky Sequin told KING 5 he was behind a tractor-trailer that lost control on the wet road.
What he says he saw
Sequin said the truck fishtailed, went through the wall, and caught fire at once. He stopped, got out, ran down the hill, kicked the windshield, and got the driver out. He said a second tank then blew, about two minutes later. He gave the man a rain jacket, stayed until other people stopped, and went back up to direct traffic while they waited for the fire department.
Asked why he ran toward a truck that was already burning, Sequin told the station he did not think about that. “I feel like it's my duty as a human being to help,” he said. “I'd do it again.”
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