VIDEO: A volunteer firefighter is recovering after a crash on the Parks Highway left him and his two dogs injured. Michael McMartin, a volunteer firefighter with the Houston Fire Department, was in a crash Tuesday after swerving into a ditch. “I have two dogs, and I believe I turned to look in the back at one of them,” McMartin said.
“And, you know, whenever you look a certain way, it kind of pulls on the steering wheel, and I think that’s what dragged me into the ditch.” McMartin said he was quickly aided by bystanders, including an off-duty firefighter and a veteran. In a matter of minutes, the Houston Fire Department was on the scene. “
Myself and my captain responded from station 92 and we got around traffic as we were making our way to scene,” said Lisa Johansen, a volunteer firefighter with the Houston Fire Department. “As we got around some of the vehicles, we were able to see the vehicle involved and we realized that it was Michael’s vehicle.”
Johansen told Alaska’s News Source that she has known McMartin for around five years, both from the fire department and living as neighbors. “Earlier this winter, my son slid off the road into a ditch very early in the morning, and I put out a call for help,” she said. “Michael was the first one there pulling him out. If you need anything, Michael is your guy.”
