KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 9-year-old newspaper carrier is being hailed as a hero for rescuing a Nebraska woman who was trapped in her pickup for more than an hour.
Skyler Wilson was on his route delivering the Kearney Hub newspaper on July 20 when he heard 69-year-old Rosy Drake crying for help from inside her garage.
Drake, who lives north of Kearney, became trapped because her truck’s door is broken and only opens from the outside.
Drake says when she tried to start the ruck, the battery was dead, which prevented her from opening the window, and the passenger-side door was wedged shut by a picnic table in the garage.
After hearing Drake’s cries, Skyler ran to the driver’s-side door and freed Drake.