Driver hailed as hero after brakes fail on garbage truck
Published: June 16, 2005
The driver of a garbage truck is being called a hero for the way he handled his vehicle after its brakes failed on a steep central New York road.
Thirty-six-year-old John Renfer of Sullivan was driving a Blue Ribbon Sanitation truck on Route 173 in the Madison County village of Chittenango yesterday when the brakes failed.
As the truck barreled down the road, witnesses say he managed to swerve through an intersection and a single-lane construction zone without hitting the workers or any other vehicles.
Co-worker Ken Chase told the Syracuse Post-Standard he thought of jumping out but decided against it.
He says his partner steered the runaway truck for about a mile before crashing it into a building housing a hair salon and a restaurant. No one inside the businesses was hurt.
Renfer was trapped inside the truck for a time, but only suffered minor injuries.
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