MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) – There are millions of truck drivers on roadways every day, but recently a few were recognized for their acts of bravery.
Three professional truck drivers were recognized as 2024’s Highway Angels of the Year. The award is given to truck drivers around the country who have shown courage and bravery on North America’s roadways.
The program is run by the Truckload Carriers’ Association and has been running since 1997. This is the first year the TCA has recognized more than one highway angel of the year.
More than 75 professional truck drivers around the country are recognized with this award and News13 spoke with two who put other’s safety before their own.
Highway Angel recipient Terry Reavis was awarded for pulling a crash victim to safety in Brunswick, Georgia. He was driving on Interstate 95 when he saw a pickup truck driving backwards across three lanes of traffic before it t-boned an SUV.
He said he had to remember his first responder training very quickly but always thinks of one thing, saying, “It’s not easy to try to remember with that stuff going on. You just sit there and your brain starts thinking ‘how am I going to handle this’. Remember, they’re human, treat them as your family.”