Man grateful to good Samaritans who rescued him from burning car crash
By Peter Eliopoulos
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EASTON, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Francis Leverone said he is grateful to be alive after he crashed his truck into a parked dump truck full of snow while driving on Route 138 in Easton back in February.
“I see something down the street, I didn’t think anything, then all of a sudden I got closer, I did a sneeze,” Leverone, 78, said. “Must have pulled my hand down, and the truck was right there.
Another car, a 2024 Toyota Camry, collided with the rear of Leverone’s 2013 Ford F-350, setting both ablaze. Leverone became trapped in the crash after dislocating his leg.
“I was hurting, trying to get me out of that window,” Leverone said. “They ended up breaking my window.”
Two brothers who were passing by, along with a responding Easton police officer, helped pull Leverone out of the burning car.
“I see them getting under my arms, and I guess one of the brothers got inside the truck, trying to get my leg untangled, so I could stretch it, then they pulled me straight out,” Leverone said.
The good Samaritans helped carry Leverone to safety. He suffered several injuries, including a dislocated right hip and a broken wrist.
He is now recovering at a rehab facility in Braintree, grateful to be there instead of trapped inside a burning car.
He said he only has words of thanks for the men who helped save his life.
“God bless them, even my wife wants to God bless them, I survived,” Leverone said.
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