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AWARDS * Canada
* SLH Transport Inc. Driver Named 2007 Ontario Truck Driver of the Year
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Marketwire - Nov. 15, 2007: -- Jeffrey MacLean, a professional transport driver who drives for SLH Transport Inc. in Vaughan has been named the 2007 OTA/Volvo Trucks Canada Driver of the Year... Mr. MacLean has driven 2 million collision-free kilometers during a career that has spanned 35 years on the road... Each year the award goes to a professional transport driver who has a collision-free driving record and is an exemplary truck driver both on and off the road. Mr. MacLean was presented with his award at a luncheon today on the opening day of the 81st annual convention of the Ontario Trucking Association (Nov. 15 -16, Toronto Congress Centre)...
* MacKinnon Transport driver wins award for preventing suicide. Possible multi-vehicle accident
Toronto,Ont,CAN -Truck News, by Adam Ledlow -15 Nov 2007: -- Nearing an overpass, Tim Ferguson reacted swiftly as a pedestrian, in an attempted suicide (according to police reports), suddenly ran out into the lane in which he was travelling. Ferguson braked and brought his truck to a stop on the shoulder of the highway, in front of the pedestrian. He then led the distraught individual to the safety of his truck, but the person promptly jumped out and headed back toward the highway... His courageous response led to the trucker being named the 2007 recipient of the Bridgestone Firestone Canadian Truck Hero Award. Ferguson, who drives for the Guelph-based Mackinnon Transport, saved one, if not more than one, life with his bravery, quick-thinking and compassion, the very criteria on which the Truck Hero Award, now in its 51st year, is based...
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