Pa. Turnpike worker hailed a hero after rescuing driver from burning car

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A longtime worker of the Pennsylvania Turnpike is being hailed a hero for serving to save a driver from a burning automotive after a violent crash that occurred final month.

It was early within the morning round 5:30 a.m. on January 8 when a automotive violently slammed right into a barrier on the Monroeville interchange. 

Fortunately, Eric Bruno, a 32-year veteran of the Turnpike as a fare collector, confirmed as much as work early that day and helped pull the motive force from the burning automotive after the violent crash. 

Bruno says he began his shift at 6 a.m., however that he is all the time early for work and obtained there round 5:15 a.m. 

He was sweeping up salt outdoors the constructing when he heard the crash.

“I used to be praying that he would get out of the automotive,” Bruno mentioned. 

When he realized the individual wasn’t in a position to get out, Bruno ran over and began serving to. 

When the motive force began to break down just some steps away from the automotive, Bruno says he instructed him they wanted to get away from the automotive earlier than it exploded and obtained some assist from one other Good Samaritan. 

“Nothing actually hit me till I used to be speaking to a trooper who responded on scene, and he mentioned to me ‘Thanks… you saved this man’s life,” Bruno mentioned. “And it by no means hit me till he mentioned it that this man would have most likely burned up if it wasn’t for me and that buyer serving to him out of the automotive.” 

Bruno says he watched the surveillance vide of the crash and it shook him up just a little, however he is grateful each drivers within the crash have been in a position to safely get out of hurt’s approach.

Option to go, Eric!