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Seattle Garbage Truck Driver Helps During Medical Emergency

Article-Seattle Garbage Truck Driver Helps During Medical Emergency

A man in Seattle was experiencing a medical emergency when a WM truck driver saved him by calling 911.

A Seattle man was facing a medical emergency alone when he was helped by a garbage truck driver on his route. The man, Neal Stuber, said he burst a vein and ran outside to get help from anyone nearby. The garbage truck driver, Russell Ruhle, hear Stuber from his porch shouting for someone to call 911 and stayed with him until he was in the care of medical professionals. Stuber says he was close to fainting before Ruhle heard him and called 911 to help.

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