ABF Freight driver George Lancaster has been named a Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) Highway Angel for his quick thinking and courage following a high-speed crash on Interstate 24 near South Pittsburg, Tenn.
On the morning of June 4, 2025, Lancaster — from from LaVergne, Tenn. — was traveling westbound when he witnessed a Chevrolet Camaro speeding at more than 140 miles per hour collide with another tractor-trailer. “He thought he could get in between me and the truck,” Lancaster recalled. “He didn’t make it.”
The car ended up spinning out of control, went up an embankment and rolled backwards, onto the right shoulder. Lancaster immediately stopped his truck, and found the driver disoriented but alive, TCA says in a news release. The Camaro driver tried to climb out through his windshield, but eventually got out through the passenger side window. Lancaster stayed with him until emergency responders arrived and transported the injured driver for further evaluation. “He’s lucky he lived; I was shocked, honestly, that the man survived,” he recalls.
Lancaster said he was simply doing what came naturally. “I was born and raised here in Tennessee; we try to help people whenever possible,” he said. “It’s just the way I was raised.”
Since its launch in 1997, the TCA Highway Angel program has recognized nearly 1,500 truck drivers for acts of kindness, courtesy, and courage on North American highways.
