Douglas Lane, 41, a tow truck driver conducting ice storm patrols on U.S. 175 in Seagoville, Texas on January 28, 2026, found an abandoned car and heard shouting from a nearby culvert, where a 39-year-old Dallas man was thrashing in frigid water, according to Yahoo News. Lane entered the culvert, held the man's head above water by gripping his sweatshirt hood until police arrived and administered Narcan; Interim Police Chief Steve Davis said the man had a faint pulse and a two-minute delay would have been fatal.
Operator takeaway
Lane was patrolling for stranded vehicles during an ice storm and found a man dying in a ditch instead — tow operators are often the only people on the road when conditions are worst.