Truck driver reported a headache in a slurred voice, so his boss checked the in-cab camera — and scrambled to call 911 instantly
Careful observations and precautionary measures can be life-saving in emergencies. An employer's attention and safety measures also ensured that her truck driver was saved during a scary situation. The woman had sent the driver to move a truck and a camper out of a person's yard. However, she had an intuition that the call was a little sketchy. So she watched through the camera installed in the truck as the driver did his job. When the man called her some time later, she realized something was amiss. Her next steps ended up saving the man's life, per a Facebook post by Jennifer Lassiter.
"We almost lost a driver, father, husband, friend last week," Jennifer wrote in a post on November 18, 2025. "On Thursday, November 6th, I received a call from an individual who said he had a truck and camper that had been left on his property and he wanted them moved." She wanted to put it off and hoped that the person would call someone else in their own area instead. "I did a little research, and he did come back as the owner of the address he was requesting these vehicles be removed from. So, I decided to take it one step further and ask someone I knew in law enforcement if this address came up frequently or if they had any problems there." The man kept calling her again and again, and she eventually ended up sending a truck about a week later.
Jennifer dispatched a rollback driver to the location and informed the property owner about it. She also told the person that she wanted him to sign papers sent with the driver that he wanted the vehicles removed from his property. She watched the driver's status for around 30 minutes as he drove to the location, towed the vehicle, and got ready to come back. "I think, okay, business as usual, I'm just being paranoid." But just 10 minutes later, the driver called her and told her that he had a really bad headache and had pulled over at a Dollar Store for a Mountain Dew and Tylenol. The woman offered help, but the driver insisted he was fine. At that moment, she noticed that he was slurring his words.
So Jennifer told her sister, Annie, to check on the driver through the "in-cab camera." She added, "In about four seconds, Annie is screaming, 'He is out! He is passed out!' I run into her office to see the driver lying across the steering wheel." Jennifer rushed to the driver's location with Annie and called 911 on her way out. She quickly reached Smithville to be with the driver. "I see our truck; police are around it; no EMS yet. I'm not sure how, but I parked the truck, flew through the officers on scene, and climbed up to the driver's seat, where our driver looked so bad. He was soaking wet; ghost white, his veins in his neck were bulging, and his heartbeat was visible by those veins pulsing."
Jennifer informed the Emergency Medical Services that the driver had probably inhaled fentanyl, and he was treated for the same. She was grateful for paying attention to the driver's speech and for the in-cab cameras that saved his life that day. "Fentanyl is not only affecting addicts who willingly use it but completely innocent victims who have no idea they're coming into contact with it until it's too late." The woman added, "Our driver did all the things right, he had gloves on, he did not physically sit in this vehicle, he just reached in applying brake and putting vehicle in neutral. Moving forward, our entire staff will undergo Narcan/CPR training in the next few weeks; there will be Narcan on every truck in multiple locations and in our offices."