- Driver Stephen Slater reunited with Kamden Lee, who comforted him following a crash in February.
- Utah Highway Patrol troopers said it took 3.5 hours to get Slater out of the truck.
- The emotional reunion occurred nearly six months later, with both pledging to stay connected.
SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly six months after a crash that left him trapped in his mangled semitruck, a driver reunited with a stranger who comforted him during the ordeal as he waited for rescuers to arrive.
Stephen Slater was driving on Legacy Parkway on Feb. 4 when one of his front tires blew.
“The right steer tire just completely shredded off, but then instead of going off to the road, it went to the inside of the steering knuckle,” Slater explained. “I mean, this quick, I was into the guardrail and then the guardrail ran out, and I went off to the right.”…