PITTSBURGH, PA (WPXI) — After years as a truck on the open road, Arlyn Satanek has seen just about everything. However, it only took 15 minutes for him to see people come together like never before.

With a winter storm approaching and sunlight slowly moving out of Western Pennsylvania, Satanek, a driver for Pleasant Trucking, knew that it was time to scale back his traveling and exit the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

“The roads were beginning to get bad,” Satanek said. “I was thinking it was time to start backing it down a little bit.”

Shortly after, he received his confirmation when he heard a broadcast over his CB radio, warning him of imminent weather-related backups just outside of Bedford County.

Satanek immediately knew it was time to start slowing down in the snowy conditions.

“I’m on my brakes as hard as I could be,” Satanek said. “As soon as I hit my brakes, I saw a truck wiping out.”

Prior to that Friday night, Satanek had seen many near accidents, but nothing like what he was experiencing. The truck in front of him left a trail of debris, fuel and glass before nearly falling off the Turnpike.

“I’m sitting there in a daze, and I realize people are running to the truck,” Satanek said.

Nearby drivers began getting out of their cars, rushing to help the driver of the truck, who was teetering off the freeway.

“There were just random people. They were stepping over debris and there was a good bit of us,” Satanek said.

With the possibility of a steep fall imminent, the would-be rescuers began forming a human chain to help pull the driver out of his cab, avoiding a very far drop.Read more: http://bit.ly/1Uqh3G4