A case of local heroism

If you live right next to the highway you're bound to get some junk in your yard occasionally, but this is a bit much:

"I heard a noise, I looked back, and that truck was flying through the air," Newman said. "It was like an atomic bomb, it was so loud."

Newman saw a semi-truck crashing toward him, after a wreck forced the tractor-trailer off a northbound Interstate 75 overpass. It fell about three stories onto the front lawn on Shepherd Avenue. "It landed 10 feet from where I was standing," Newman said.

The truck, which was carrying auto parts, landed on its side and wrapped around a pillar supporting the overpass. Newman found the driver, Danny Faehr, of Florence, upside down and bleeding in the cab. He cut the seat belt and pulled him out. "Right as we got to the sidewalk, the truck exploded," Newman said.

Wow, if Newman hadn't been there or hadn't acted as quickly as he did Faehr wouldn't have made it to today.