Longacre v. Reddick

McDONALD, Chief Justice.

A truck loaded with butane gas, owned by appellee J. E. Reddick, and driven by his employee J. T. Abbott, collided with another truck in Wichita County. When the collision occurred some of the butane gas spilled onto the ground and became ignited. Appellant Ward Longacre was walking along the highway a short distance from the point of collision. Seeing the driver Abbott apparently unconscious in the cab of the truck, Longacre rushed to the truck to rescue him, pulled him out of the truck and started away from the truck with him. When he was only a few feet away the gas…