I, Henry Fleischer of Crossfield Towing, just wanted to say thank you to the RCMP officer who assisted in the recovery of the 2000 Outlook in the centre meridian.
It was approximately 5 p.m. on Dec. 4 on Hwy 2 northbound about two km south of the first exit of Innisfail.
When I showed up on the scene, I was not sure how I was going to get this out of the ditch because of the traffic on the road.
All of the sudden, within minutes, this RCMP car appeared at the scene. I did even have a chance to talk to him as he backed up about 500 feet on the fast lane to divert traffic over to the slow lane.
I proceeded to winch this vehicle out of the centre meridian and after about 30 minutes, all of the sudden I see him racing up towards me siren blaring. Someone had gone around the RCMP car and had pulled back into the fast lane, putting my life on the line
The roads were very slick as I had scene about eight wrecks on they way to this roadside call even at 60 km/h and there is no way he would be able to stop
I speak for thousands of tow truck drivers: you as drivers (people) need to pay attention to our emergency lights as you do for the RCMP lights
So in conclusion I would like to say thank you to this RCMP officer and I would also like a phone call to thank this man for doing what he had done and for his quick response on racing up the highway to save my bacon.
I will be able to live to see Christmas.
Henry Fleischer
Crossfield