Meet TCA’s Newest Highway Angel Recipients

11/13/2020

Alexandria, Virginia: 

The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is proud to recognize three professional truck drivers as Highway Angels for performing lifesaving deeds while on the job. Read their incredible stories at www.highwayangel.com.

Bison Driver Named a Highway Angel
Driver Stops Man from Jumping Off Bridge

The Truckload Carriers Association has named Bruno Filipe Da Costa Raposo, from Montreal, Quebec, a professional truck driver with Bison Transport, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, a Highway Angel for helping to prevent a man from jumping off a bridge onto the roadway below.

ABF Freight Driver Named a Highway Angel
Driver Helps Motorist Following a Collision with Dump Truck 

The Truckload Carriers Association has named Josh Elmore, from Lincolnton, North Carolina, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight System, Inc., of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a Highway Angel for stopping to help a driver after his vehicle collided with a dump truck. This is the second time Elmore has been recognized as a Highway Angel. On February 20, 2015 he assisted a motorist after her car caught fire.

ABF Freight Driver Named Highway Angel
Driver Comes to Aid of Elderly Man

The Truckload Carriers Association has named Richard (Rick) Connell, from Auburn, Washington, a professional truck driver with ABF Freight System, Inc. of Fort Smith, Arkansas, a Highway Angel for coming to the aid of an elderly man who had fallen in his yard.

TCA and the program’s Presenting Sponsor, EpicVue, thanks its Supporting Sponsor, DriverFacts. We look forward to their contributions to the Highway Angel initiative.