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Woman pulls driver Chad Cannon, 30, from fiery tractor trailer crash on Interstate 65 in Morgan County, Alabama

Modified Date: 
Wed, 04/28/2021 - 4:58pm
Accident Date: 
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Woman helps pull driver from overturned 18-wheeler on I-65 near Cullman Co.

A woman on scene helped pulled the driver from the 18-wheeler before the vehicle caught on fire.

Huntsville woman pulls man from overturned 18-wheeler near Cullman Co.

A Huntsville woman says that she pulled a man from a fiery 18-wheeler crash Thursday morning. Michelle Franco says that she and two men pulled Chad Cannon, 30, from the truck after a rollover on I-65, near the 318 exit. "All of sudden, I saw way down the road, burning flames way down the road. Franco says Cannon was not budging and she was afraid the truck was going to blow up. Help me!' One guy was pulling on me, and the other guy was reaching up and he yanked on his pants, too.
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Type: Truck Accident
Topics: 
Good Samaritans, Fire
People Involved: 
Chad Cannon
Michelle Franco
Roadway: 
Interstate 65
County: 
Morgan County, AL
Area: 
Huntsville-Decatur, AL

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