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Apr 14, 2007

STORY: A Good Samaritan * USA - Texas trucker lends a helping hand

TX,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 12, 2007: -- Trucker Jeff Vowels of Houston, TX, said he feels he was in the right place at the right time and bets the trucker he helped save would agree with him... Vowels said he was unloading blocks of copper at ASARCO Inc. in Amarillo, TX, around noon on Monday, April 9, when a truck driver who was unchaining his load told him he wasn’t feeling well... “The next thing I knew, the driver was slumped over behind the steering wheel, saying he thought he was having a heart attack,” he said. “I didn’t even have time to ask the guy his name – it all happened so fast.”... Vowels then unloaded the other driver’s truck for him, parked it at the staging lot, called the driver’s company which was listed on the side of truck, Smithway Motor Xpress Corp, based out of Fort Dodge, IA, to let them know he left the keys to the truck at the refinery’s security office... Jim Kwakenat, SMX director of safety, confirmed that the driver who was hospitalized was Marvin Ward of Carthage, MO, a flatbedder who has worked for the company for 16 years. He also said that Ward did have a heart attack, but was released from the hospital on Thursday, April 12, after having two stints put in cardiac arteries...

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Mar 16, 2007

STORY * India - There are around 2,000 houses in the village and almost 1,200 trucks

Kutch village turns its trucks from bane to boon
Ratnal,Kutch,India -Daily News & Analysis (Mumbai,India), by Anshuman G Dutta -March 15, 2007: -- In the ‘90s, Ratnal village in Kutch was known as a village of widows. Every house in the village had a truck and a widow, with each family losing one member — in most cases, the breadwinner — to accidents... Now, things have taken a turn for the better and the village is on the road to prosperity. The change is a result of the adaptability and tenacity of the residents. Ratnal has shed its infamous tag and is now known only as the hub of the trucking industry. “The village witnessed tragedies because most truck owners did not have experience yet drove the vehicles themselves. Or, they hired untrained village youngsters,” says former gram panchayat member, Bhurabhai Ahir. The bad roads of Kutch contributed to the problem...

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