Here’s a story that will give you faith in humanity. The Seattle Times reported that on his way to a Mariners baseball game, Duane Innes saw a pickup drifting across lanes and striking a barrier ahead of him. Duane passed the truck and saw that the driver was slumped over and that the truck was still moving at around 40 mph.
Duane decided to get in front of the truck and let the truck rear-end him so that he could try to slow it down before it crossed an intersection. He was successful and was able to stop the truck and the unconscious driver. No one was injured.
The unconscious driver was Bill Pace, who had a heart attack a couple days before the incident causing him to lose consciousness with his foot on the pedal. Bill’s insurance company, State Farm, covered all the damage to Duane’s van and thanked him for his brave actions.
Duane almost definitely averted a bad accident and he did it instinctively. It’s good to know that we have some local heroes driving out there in the Seattle area.
