Paul Carmeci, an employee of Nick's Towing Service in Rutherford, New Jersey, extracted a trapped driver through the passenger window of an overturned Mazda convertible that had struck a tree on the Route 17 North exit ramp at 4:40 a.m. on March 10, 2023, according to ABC7 New York. Officers credited Carmeci's actions as potentially lifesaving, noting the car could have collapsed and crushed the victim.
Operator takeaway
Carmeci was commuting to work, not on a call — tow operators encounter emergencies before and after the clock, and first aid training pays for itself the first time it matters.