PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A longtime employee of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is being hailed a hero for helping save a driver from a burning car after a violent crash that happened last month.
It was early in the morning around 5:30 a.m. on January 8 when a car violently slammed into a barrier at the Monroeville interchange.
Thankfully, Eric Bruno, a 32-year veteran of the Turnpike as a fare collector, showed up to work early that day and helped pull the driver from the burning car after the violent crash.
Bruno says he started his shift at 6 a.m., but that he’s always early for work and got there around 5:15 a.m.
He was sweeping up salt outside the building when he heard the crash.
“I was praying that he would get out of the car,” Bruno said.
When he realized the person wasn’t able to get out, Bruno ran over and started helping.