Young Centurion hero saves man from burning truck
Bailey Trollip from Centurion saved a truck driver from a burning truck. Martin Bester spoke to the young hero who saved the life of an unknown man.
Bailey Trollip, 15, from Rooihuiskraal North, Centurion, saved the life of a truck driver in KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday.
Trollip was driving with his grandmother to Durban to rescue dogs.
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While Trollip and his grandmother were driving, they smelled the breaks of the truck in front of them.
The truck driver drove into a barrier which he did to avoid crashing into other vehicles.
Due to the impact, unfortunately, the truck caught fire.
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The driver and the co-driver were stuck in the truck and his grandmother immediately pulled over - and Trollip was the hero of the day after he saw one of the men waving for help.
The co-driver successfully escaped the burning truck.
Trollip said at that moment he was thinking that the man trapped in the truck probably has a wife and children.
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“I was thinking about them."
The truck eventually burnt out.
Our friends at East Rand Mall surprised Bailey Trollip with a R5,000 shopping voucher.
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