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
Photo Credit: *Nick Testa (Nick's Towing Service)*

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.)*

Jerry DeMarco

01/24/2022 5:22 p.m.

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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