WEST BEND, Wis. (WLS) A snowplow driver is being hailed as a hero after saving a 5-year-old boy who wandered away from home in subzero temperatures.
David Gehrke was out clearing roads at 4 a.m. in West Bend, Wisconsin last Friday when he found the child alone and cold without a jacket or shoes. I immediately took my jacket off and wrapped it around him and put him in the truck, Gehrke said. I called police dispatch. I got the heat blasting in the truck. I ll keep him warm until we get help on the way.
The boy was under the care of a babysitter, when he snuck out of the house.