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Close CALL: Hero Tow Truck Driver Rescues Motorist From Burning Sedan On NJ Turnpike

HERO: A passing tow truck driver helped a motorist from his burning car on the New Jersey Turnpike seconds before it was engulfed in flames.

John Tashian of Nick's Towing Service

John Tashian of Nick's Towing Service

Photo Credit: Nick Testa (Nick's Towing Service)
All that was left of the sedan that caught fire on the New Jersey Turnpike.

All that was left of the sedan that caught fire on the New Jersey Turnpike.

Photo Credit: Nicholas F. Testa (Nick's Towing Service Inc.)

Nick's Towing Service driver John Tashian of Paramus was returning from a job in Newark when he saw the burning vehicle just off the road in Kearny at 2:15 a.m. Sunday, said his boss, Nicholas F. Testa.

Tashian called a Nick's Towing Service dispatcher who, in turn, notified the Turnpike Authority. He then ran to the car to help get the driver out.

They had gotten a safe distance away when it went up in flames, Testa said.

Kearny firefighters doused the blaze.

New Jersey State Police didn't have to call a tow truck, of course. Tashian brought it to Testa's tow yard in Rutherford.

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