Kurtis
04-15-2005, 07:59 AM
"A New York man who says he lost a close friend to a drunken driver -- and didn't want to see it happen to anyone else -- used his car to block a tractor-trailer from pulling onto a highway because he thought the trucker was drunk.
Michael Scanlon's vehicle wound up being rammed by the truck.
State police said Scanlon saw the truck hit the overhead canopy at a gas station Wednesday north of Binghamton, N.Y. The father of four followed the truck and blocked its path as it tried to get on Interstate 81.
A short time after the truck rammed Scanlon's car, troopers arrived and arrested the trucker. The Canadian truck driver was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving."
http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/4379405/detail.html??z=dp&dpswid=1260382&dppid=65194
That's pretty cool that the guy sacrificed his own car to potentially save a life (possibly lives).
Michael Scanlon's vehicle wound up being rammed by the truck.
State police said Scanlon saw the truck hit the overhead canopy at a gas station Wednesday north of Binghamton, N.Y. The father of four followed the truck and blocked its path as it tried to get on Interstate 81.
A short time after the truck rammed Scanlon's car, troopers arrived and arrested the trucker. The Canadian truck driver was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving."
http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/4379405/detail.html??z=dp&dpswid=1260382&dppid=65194
That's pretty cool that the guy sacrificed his own car to potentially save a life (possibly lives).