Good Samaritans Help to Tow Truck Up Icy Road in Tyler

A group of Good Samaritans driving pickup trucks helped a tractor-trailer up a road in Tyler, Texas, during icy conditions on Tuesday, January 16 .

This video shared by Robbie Hunt on Facebook shows how it took four pickup trucks to pull the huge vehicle up Loop 323 after it became stranded.

Sharing the video, he wrote: “Got em! He had 36,000 pounds in his trailer so it took 4 to get him up hill!!” The clip was filmed by Hunt’s wife Tiffany.

Hunt was among a group who purposefully went to assist stranded drivers on Loop 322 on Tuesday, King5News reported. He shared another video of a similar rescue the same day on Facebook.

Some motorists were forced to abandon their cars on the roads in Tyler after icy conditions swept the city, according to local reports. Credit: Facebook/Robbie Hunt via Storyful