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Good Samaritans Jump Out of Cars to Help Rescue 2 From Overturned Tractor-Trailer in Delaware

Motorists jumped out of their cars to help people out of an overturned tractor-trailer on a Delaware highway Wednesday morning.

Witnesses jumped into action as they called 911 after the tractor-trailer flipped at the merge of Interstate 295 and southbound I-95 when he lost control around 1:10 a.m.

The big rig crossed three lanes of traffic, striking a car and a guardrail before it flipped on the ramp to Delaware Route 141/U.S. Route 202 in Newport, spilling some fuel on the roadway.

"I didn’t see it coming, it happened so fast," said the driver struck by the big rig.

Good Samaritans helped the truck driver and another man out of the truck. [[238427591, C]]

The two men in the truck and the other driver all suffered minor injuries. One man could be seen being taken from the scene in a neck brace.

Delaware State Police warned motorists that the ramp to Route 141 would be closed for some time as crews work to clear the scene and investigate exactly what happened.

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