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A 16-year-old thought he was going to die in a burning a car. Then a trucker appeared

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Published September 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM MDT

A 16-year-old fell asleep at the wheel while on a hunting trip with his dad. Pinned in the wreckage with a fire starting, he thought he was going to die -- until a trucker pulled over to help.

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