Truck Driver Performs Heimlich on Choking Woman Along Chicago-Area Highway

Truck Driver Performs Heimlich on Choking Woman Along Chicago-Area Highway
Ozinga cement truck driver Jeff Hanus being interviewed about helping a choking woman on Nov. 14, 2023. ABC7 Chicago via AP
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BOLINGBROOK, Ill.—A truck driver who saved a choking woman after she pulled over along a Chicago-area highway says he acted on instinct when he saw her in distress.

Jeff Hanus was working at a job site on Nov. 4 pouring concrete for the company Ozinga when the woman drove up to his truck parked near Interstate 55 in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook. She exited her car, leaving two children inside, and approached Hanus.