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Ruan driver faced with desperate wreck situation

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Updated Jan 5, 2018

Adam Phillips of Portage, Ind., was hauling milk for Ruan Transportation of Des Moines, Iowa, around 2 a.m., March 21, when traffic on I-65 in Indiana came to a halt.

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He soon realized a wrecked car was burning under an overpass. He and others tried to free a trapped man, screaming inside the car, but their efforts were frustrated.

Hear Phillips, Overdrive’s October Knight of the Road, describe in his own words how he was able to handle this emergency in the nick of time.

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