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It was just before dawn, August 31, 1994. Todd Forebush, Sr., was driving his daily dedicated run for United Parcel Service between Middleburg Heights, Ohio, Elyria and Columbus. He still drives the same route on which he became a Goodyear Highway Hero. “You go up and down the road, greeting friends, talking to people on the CB, meeting other people, and I enjoy it very much.”
     He’d been driving for UPS since 1968, spending 17 years delivering packages, moving to doubles in January, 1986. …I’m going toward three million miles now.” Forebush has stopped many times to help other drivers, whether with a breakdown or with directions. “Very minor things,” he adds.
     The weather that early morning was a little cool, starting to drizzle, with a very light fog. Forebush was in farming country, near the intersection of a county road and the 2-lane state highway he was traveling. He noticed a mature cornfield on the road’s left side, corn stalks 6 - 7 feet tall, and the flicker of lights between the stalks told him there was another vehicle also traveling towards the intersection. Then - ....

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