ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Five North Carolina Department of Transportation employees and a state trooper received the Governor’s Award for Excellence for their lifesaving actions on Interstate 40 during Tropical Storm Helene.
The award, the highest honor a state employee can receive, recognizes exceptional service beyond regular duties.
“These employees used their training and followed exactly what their natural instincts instructed them to do — help those around them by any means possible,” NCDOT Secretary Daniel Johnson said in a news release. “Their courageous actions in a chaotic moment prevented what could have been a catastrophe.”…