Nine-year-old took wheel and saves dad

A courageous 9-year-old boy, Matthew Lovo Jr., took over a semi truck pulling two trailers loaded with lumber northbound through St. Helens on Tuesday afternoon when his father lost consciousness and fell from the driver’s seat of the moving truck.

The boy climbed into the driver’s seat and began steering the truck, which had traveled into oncoming lanes of traffic and struck a power pole, said St. Helens Police Chief Steven Salle.

“The St. Helens Police Department would like to congratulate Matthew R. Lovo for his bravery and cool demeanor in the face of this traumatic event,” Salle said. “We would also like to commend and publicly recognize the actions of Christopher A. Howard, whose calm response and quick actions combined into this heroic act that could very possibly have prevented damage to property, injuries or even loss of lives.”

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