Waste Pro employee comes to aid of mother and baby following crash

Waste Pro Road Tech Chuck Curtis, who works out of the Longwood, Florida-based company’s Ft. Myers division, is being honored for his quick actions after a mother and her baby were involved in a car crash.

On May 28, Curtis was on his way to a road call when he witnessed a dump truck collide with a sedan, causing the car to spin in front of the truck, get pushed and end up in a 10-foot-deep ditch.

Curtis pulled over and ran into the ditch, where he found that the driver’s side door had been damaged and could not be opened. When he went around to the passenger side, he heard a screaming baby. According to reports, he went to the back door, pulled the baby out, and then went back for the mother. Neither the baby nor the mother were injured in the crash.  

“We’re extremely fortunate to have people like Chuck who don’t hesitate to jump into action when they see someone in need,” Waste Pro Division Manager Bill Jones says. “He’s expecting his first baby in August, so this situation hit him especially hard.”

As a thank you for his actions, Jones rewarded Curtis with what the company calls a Franklin Award of $100.