A Chilliwack resident is being credited for pulling a man to safety after the commercial truck he was driving was hit by a train on Tuesday morning, Aug. 26.

Cody Vernon was working on the highway widening project along Lougheed Highway, about 180 metres down the road, when he heard the loud bang.

Almost immediately his operator called him to tell him a truck had been hit by a train.

Vernon dropped everything he was doing and ran to the scene.

He said he was only the third person to arrive. There were two others, but one person was throwing up and the other was yelling for everyone to stay away from the fire.

Others started gathering across the street, said Vernon, with everyone yelling to stay away from the truck, that it's going to blow up.

But Vernon took a look and could see a bo

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