Ta-dah! Choking trucker saved when high-speed crash dislodges fruit
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/" rel="tag">Truck</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/commercial-trucks/" rel="tag">Work</a></p><p>
<a href="http://readingeagle.com/Article.aspx?id=298187">< img alt="First aid for choking sign" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/03/first-aid-signs-73317bbvply2wy-lg.jpg" style="border: 0px solid ; margin: 4px 0px; float: right;" /></a>A serious accident likely saved a trucker's life Tuesday near Reading, Pennsylvania. Richard Paylor, 55, of Bucks County, was reportedly eating an apple behind the wheel of his <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/07/wild-ride-semi-pushes-wheelchair-bound-man-50mph-down-highway/">tractor-trailer</a> when a piece of the fruit got lodged in his throat, causing him to choke. According to the <em>Reading Eagle,</em> Paylor subsequently blacked out and slumped over the steering wheel.<br />
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As the story goes, Paylor's big rig then bounced off a guardrail and hit a concrete wall. The impact dislodged the apple from his throat and likely saved his life. Before Tuesday, Paylor had been accident-free for his entire 23-year career.<br />
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Paylor was taken to the hospital with a cut on his head and a slight fracture of one of his vertebrae, but very much alive. For his part, Paylor says he's sorry caused a traffic jam and admits he's glad to be alive.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://readingeagle.com/Article.aspx?id=298187">R eading Eagle</a> | Image: <a href="http://www.emedco.com">Emedco</a>]</p><p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/31/ta-dah-choking-trucker-saved-when-high-speed-crash-dislodges-fr/">Ta-dah! Choking trucker saved when high-speed crash dislodges fruit</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://readingeagle.com/articlephotos.aspx?id=298 187>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/31/ta-dah-choking-trucker-saved-when-high-speed-crash-dislodges-fr/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19898630/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/31/ta-dah-choking-trucker-saved-when-high-speed-crash-dislodges-fr/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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