2023 RECIPIENT
Tony Blunnie
Knight Transportation
Anthony Blunnie, from Woodville, TX, was named a Highway Angel for rescuing an injured woman after a crash that left her vehicle engulfed in flames.
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2023 RECIPIENT
Dawna Jacobsen
Erb Transport LLC
Dawna Jacobsen, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, was named a Highway Angel for stopping to help a 12-year-old boy who drove his snowmobile across the highway and was hit by a car.
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2023 RECIPIENT
Terry Reavis
Maverick Transportation
Terry Reavis, from Toney, Alabama, was named a Highway Angel for stopping to help injured passengers of an SUV that t-boned a pickup truck that was backing up on a highway.
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2022 RECIPIENT
Zach Yeakley
Zach Yeakley, a professional truck driver with CFI, based in Joplin, Missouri, has been named the 2022 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its Presenting Sponsor, EpicVue. Zach is being recognized for rescuing six victims from a chain-reaction crash
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2021 RECIPIENT
Christopher Loyd
Lloyd was one of three 2021 Highway Angel recipients who were finalists for this prestigious honor. For the first time in the program’s history, the public was encouraged to cast votes for this year’s recipient. More than 1,600 individuals took part in the poll. Chris is being recognized for saving critically-injured motorists from a burning car
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2020 RECIPIENT
Royford Burris
Burris was formally recognized during Tuesday’s general session at Truckload 2021: Las Vegas held at the Wynn Las Vegas.Royford is being recognized for stopping to help extract a young girl from fatal fiery two-car collision.
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2019 RECIPIENT
Ed and Tracy Zimmerman
Ed and Tracy Zimmerman, professional truck drivers for Hirschbach Motor Lines, Inc. of Dubuque, Iowa, have been named the 2019 Highway Angels of the Year, also known as EpicAngels, by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. The husband and wife driving team was recognized during Tuesday’s general session at TCA’s Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida. The husband and wife driving team were recognized for saving the life of a man after his car caught fire following rollover accident.
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2018 RECIPIENT
Brian Snell
Brian Snell, a professional truck driver for Pottle’s Transportation of Hermon, Maine, has been named the 2018 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. Snell was recognized during Tuesday’s general session at TCA’s Annual Convention in Las Vegas. He is being recognized for rescuing a trapped motorist from a crushed vehicle moments before the car caught ablaze and saving a dog who was trapped in second vehicle after owner succumbed to injuries.
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2017 RECIPIENT
John Weston
John Weston, a professional truck driver for Challenger Motor Freight, has been named the 2017 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. He is being recognized for two separate incidents: When he comforted a fellow truck driver in his final moments, as well as when he helped a family who crashed into a ditch in 26-degree weather.
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2016 RECIPIENT
Daniel Sieczkarski
Daniel Sieczkarski of Rochester, New York, a professional truck driver for Melton Truck Lines, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been named the 2016 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. He is being recognized for saving a fellow truck driver whose tractor trailer was stuck in rising floodwater.
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2015 RECIPIENT
Josh Grimaldi
Josh Grimaldi of Springfield, Missouri, a professional truck driver for Prime, Inc., also of Springfield, Missouri, has been named the 2015 Highway Angel of the Year by the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and its partner EpicVue. He is being recognized for rescuing the life of a pregnant woman, in the snow, following a rollover accident.
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2014 RECIPIENT
David Ragland
2012 RECIPIENT
Kenny Cass
Kenny Cass, driver development instructor for FedEx Freight of Portland, Oregon, was awarded the 2012 Highway Angel of the Year on December 15, 2012, in front of 34,000 fans at the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and Internet Truckstop publicly recognized Cass as he was the only person to stop and help victims involved in a bad accident on the evening of March 22, 2012, in Portland.
2011 RECIPIENT
Marcus Beam
Marcus Beam, a professional truck driver with Epes Transport System, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina was awarded the 2011 Highway Angel of the Year on December 11, 2011 in front of 30,000 fans at the Idaho Potato Bowl. The Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) and Internet Truckstop publicly recognized Beam for rescuing an injured mother and two children from an overturned vehicle while others stood by and refused to help.
2010 RECIPIENT
Shawn Hubbard
Shawn Hubbard, a professional driver with Ruan Transport Corporation of Des Moines, Iowa, was awarded the 2010 Highway Angel of the Year award on December 18, 2010 during the uDrove® Humanitarian Bowl at Boise State University’s Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Hubbard is being recognized for rescuing a young man trapped inside a burning car.
2009 RECIPIENT
Michael Hunt
Michael Hunt, a former truck driver for Mail Contractors of America (MCA) of Little Rock, Arkansas, and now an owner-operator, was awarded the 2009 Highway Angel of the Year award on December 30, 2009 during the Roady’s Humanitarian Bowl at Boise State University’s Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Hunt is being recognized for saving a life at the scene of an otherwise fatal accident.