Jersey Tower Pulls Man from Flaming Car

As John Jay "JJ" Tashjian of Nick’s Towing Service was traveling northbound on the NJ Turnpike in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 23, 2022, he noticed a vehicle that crashed off the roadway. It came to rest in a tall grassy area approximately 50 feet into the meadows and started to burn. The first person on scene, Tashjian immediately contacted Nick's Towing dispatch, who in turn contacted NJ Turnpike Operations and informed them of the situation.  

Tashjian ran to the burning car and rescued the driver from the vehicle by pulling him out and getting him to safety and warmth inside his tow truck. Once they were clear of the vehicle, it became fully engulfed in flames. Once the fire was extinguished and the owner of the vehicle was given assistance by the EMS, Nick's Towing team recovered the vehicle back onto the roadway, where it was safely loaded onto a flatbed and transported to Nick's Towing Service.  

"I couldn't be more proud of John Jay's efforts." remarked Nicholas F. Testa, owner. of Nick's. "He is a courageous young man. In this day and age when most people would simply drive by a scenario like this, he instead jumped into action and put himself in jeopardy to save another person.”