US veteran dubbed highway ‘angel’ for using combat first aid to save crash survivor

US veteran dubbed highway ‘angel’ for using combat first aid to save crash survivor

Marine veteran James Brown rescued a driver with a piece of metal lodged in his leg A US military veteran and trucker recently used his battlefield medical training to save the life of a fellow truck driver whose leg was impaled by a piece of metal after a crash, earning him official recognition as an “angel” of the nation’s highways. As the organization honoring him tells it, James Brown was driving for Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Melton Truck Lines through torrential rain – as well as low visibility – on 22 May when he saw another trucker lose control, leave the roadway and overturn about 40 miles east of Little Rock, Arkansas. Continue reading...