A Laurel County man pulled a couple from a burning car on Sunday, possibly saving their lives.
The hero is Walter Trebow. That afternoon, Walter was was in his garden, checking his seedlings, when his peace and quiet was interrupted.
“I heard a dirt bike down there, heard it take off, and heard a crash, figured somebody wrecked pretty bad,” Trebow tells LEX 18.
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Trebow ran down his driveway and to the end of McKnight Road, off Ky-472, about nine miles east of London. That’s where he found a car nose down, stuck in a ditch. He says the woman in the front seat was panicked, and the driver was unconscious. The dirt bike was gone. He was the only person there to help.
“She was screaming her leg was broke, was screaming and hollering, so I drug her up the hill, away from the car on fire, and I figured it would probably have a couple explosions.”
The woman, Crystal Roark, was safe. Trebow called 911, but the fire was growing fast. He says he couldn’t wait for emergency responders. He heard the gas tank hiss and knew they could all be victims at any moment. So Trebow went back for the unconscious driver, Alen Wombles.
“I had to get that guy out of the car, get him to safety, so he wouldn’t die.”
Wombles woke up, and Trebow was able to pull him from the burning car, no regard for his own safety. He says he’d do it all over again.
“Try to help somebody out whenever you can. Life or death situation, do the right thing.”
Wombles has been charged with driving under the influence. Roark, the passenger, has been charged with alcohol intoxication. Deputies found what they think was meth in the car, and say more charges are likely to follow.
Both were taken to UK hospital with serious injuries.
