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Two Men Pull Driver Out of Wrecked Semi-Truck

Updated: Fri 6:38 PM, Aug 24, 2012

A semi-truck crashes on I-65 Friday afternoon.

It happened around 3:45 on I-65 south, behind Sam's Club.

The truck hit the center wall, bounced off and crashed into a grassy area.

On its way down, the truck clipped a light pole, knocking it into the north bound lane.

Making traffic a nightmare for some drivers.

Luckily for the driver, two employees of Sam's Club, Paul Bower and Matthew Ogg, heard a large crash and ran to his aid.

Ogg says, he jumped inside the flipped cab to assist the drive while Bower helped to bust out the window.

"I guess I wasn't thinking, because I just jumped into the truck, kicked the window in and Paul was pulling the truck door while I was kicking the window out," says Ogg.

"The guy was screaming for help," says Bower, "and was bleeding everywhere. I kicked the window in, pulled him (Ogg) out then pulled out the truck driver. It was pretty crazy."

The truck, from Ohio was headed south.

The driver suffered minor injuries.


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